Shorebirds such as phalaropes and curlews can be found in wet areas. Coots and phalaropes both have lobed toes. As with the phalaropes, the female is brighter than the male. Other species in that family include woodcocks, phalaropes, snipes, and sandpipers. In all the species of phalaropes the males become broody rather than the female. Over 1.5 million eared grebes and phalaropes use Mono Lake during their long migrations. Phalaropes are shore birds found in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia.