RED-NECKED PHALAROPE Phalaropus lobatus

Status Palearctic migrant. Common Palearctic migrant to waters off northern New Guinea (Beehler & Pratt 2016) including around Biak and Supiori where it is regularly seen, sometimes in large numbers, including big rafts off the north coast such as that observed in March 1930 (Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee 1939) .