English and genus names come through French phalarope and scientific Latin Phalaropus from Ancient Greek ??????? (phalarís), meaning "coot", and ???? (poús), meaning "foot". Coots and phalaropes both have lobed toes.

The genus contains three species:

A fossil species, P. elenorae, is known from the Middle Pliocene 4-3 million years ago (Mya). A coracoid

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