Redshank (Tringa totanus)
(aka Common Redshank)
Redshanks breed in appropriate habitat in Europe and across central Asia into western China.
Redshank
The serene sight of cattle grazing on the saltmarshes around the Wash carries a hidden benefit for one of Britain's most important wading birds.
Common Redshank - image © Rajiv Lather
Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) is a widespread winter visitor and breeds in north-western Himalayas. Size: 28 cm
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Common Redshank
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The redshank is a medium-sized wading bird. It has longish red legs and a long, straight bill. It is grey-brown above and whitish below. In flight, it shows very obvious white rear edges to the wings and a white 'V-shape' up its back.
Dusky Redshank, Greater Redshank
Bird Family :
Tringinae - Godwits, curlews, shanks, sandpipers, tattlers, turnstones, dowitchers, knots,stints, dunlin, ruff, & phalaropes ...
Spotted Redshank Behaviour
No observations regarding Spotted Redshank behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Spotted Redshanks ...
Redshank, Spotted Tringa erythropusFound: North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia
Photographed by: Lip Kee Yap ...
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus (Pallas)
A bird on 2 January 1960 was considered by observers to be a Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) and was included as such in the earlier editions of this book.
Maes Howe a passage tomb with graffiti left by later Vikings who used it for shelter, The Ring of Bogar another henge, a less well preserved stone age village. While visiting these sites I also saw birds: Knots, Redshank, Whimbrel.
' To the latter belong the Greenshank and Redshank, as well as the Common Sandpiper, the " Summer-Snipe " above-mentioned, a bird hardly exceeding a skylark in size, and of very general distribution throughout the British Islands, ...
Spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Great egret (Casmerodius albus)
Olive-backed pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus) ...
These very similar birds resemble Common Redshanks in shape and size. The upper parts, underwings, face and neck are grey, and the belly is white. They have short yellowish legs and a bill with a pale base and dark tip.
Group (sub-family/tribe): Tringine Sandpipers - Over 20 (?) species worldwide, seven of which are seen in North America: Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, plus Spotted Redshank, Willet, Wandering Tattler, Solitary Sandpiper and Spotted Sandpiper.
This species has become a serious pest in the Western Isles of Scotland, where introduced hedgehogs eat the eggs of ground-nesting waders such as Snipe, Dunlin, Redshank and Lapwing.
 See also: Sandpiper, Snipe, Flamingo, Curlew, Sparrow
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