Animal Species With Males Caring for Young Phalaropes

About the behavior of animal species where males care for the young including phalaropes.

10 ANIMAL SPECIES IN WHICH THE MALE CARES FOR THE YOUNG

10. PHALAROPES

Phalaropes are shore birds about the size of robins, quite abundant in Alaska and the prairie regions of North America. The female, which is larger, more brightly colored, and more aggressive than the male, does the courting. After she lays the eggs, he tends them.