NPSpecies

Park Species Detail: Alsop (2001) includes it on the park list; Park Observations include a three records from Cades Cove in 1969, 1992 and 2004 (park has image of 2004 birds); Robinson (1990) considers this a "rare" migrant in Tennessee. ATBI Sensitivity = Public Species Notes: Rare Migrant; Often has been placed in the monotypic genus LOBIPES (AOU 1983). Previously known as the northern phalarope. Combined allozyme, morphologic, and mtDNA data suggest that Wilson`s phalarope evolved shortly after the phalarope lineage itself arose and that t STATUS: Native, Vagrant, Occasional, Present in Park;; ; General Notes: Alsop (2001) includes it on the park list; Park Observations include a three records from Cades Cove in 1969, 1992 and 2004 (park has image of 2004 birds); Robinson (1990) considers this a ""rare"" migrant in Tennessee.