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GALLERIES > BIRDS > CHARADRIIFORMES > SCOLOPACIDAE > COMMON REDSHANK [Tringa totanus]    [plot on map]


Common Redshank Image @ Kiwifoto.com
 
 
Location: Flatey Island, Iceland
GPS: 65.4N, -22.9W, elev=5' MAP
Date: June 13, 2018
ID : B13K6884 [4896 x 3264]

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Common Redshank Image @ Kiwifoto.com
 
 
Location: Flatey Island, Iceland
GPS: 65.4N, -22.9W, elev=5' MAP
Date: June 13, 2018
ID : B13K7056 [4896 x 3264]

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Common Redshank Photo @ Kiwifoto.com
 
 
Location: Flatey Island, Iceland
GPS: 65.4N, -22.9W, elev=5' MAP
Date: June 13, 2018
ID : B13K7093 [4896 x 3264]

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Common Redshank Photo @ Kiwifoto.com
 
 
Location: Snaefellsnes, Iceland
GPS: 65.0N, -23.1W, elev=65' MAP
Date: June 12, 2018
ID : B13K6631 [4896 x 3264]

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Common Redshank Picture @ Kiwifoto.com
 
 
Location: Snaefellsnes, Iceland
GPS: 65.0N, -23.1W, elev=65' MAP
Date: June 12, 2018
ID : B13K6680 [4896 x 3264]

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Common Redshank Picture @ Kiwifoto.com
 
 
Location: Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberlands, United Kingdom
GPS: 55.2N, -1.5W, elev=7' MAP
Date: December 30, 2011
ID : B13K1897 [4896 x 3264]

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Common Redshank Picture @ Kiwifoto.com
 
 
Location: Pak Thale, Phetchaburi, Thailand
GPS: 13.1N, 100.1E, elev=3' MAP
Date: January 13, 2011
ID : B13K6624 [4896 x 3264]

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Common Redshank Picture @ Kiwifoto.com
 
 
Location: Flatey Island, Iceland
GPS: 65.4N, -22.9W, elev=5' MAP
Date: June 13, 2018
ID : 7C2V8525 [3888 x 2592]

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Common Redshank Photo @ Kiwifoto.com
 
 
Location: Pak Thale, Phetchaburi, Thailand
GPS: 13.1N, 100.1E, elev=3' MAP
Date: January 13, 2011
ID : B13K6636 [4896 x 3264]

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Common Redshank Photo @ Kiwifoto.com
 
 
Location: Bang Pu, Thailand
GPS: 13.5N, 100.7E, elev=0' MAP
Date: January 8, 2011
ID : B13K5679 [4896 x 3264]

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SPECIES INFO

The Common Redshank or Redshank (Tringa totanus) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. It is closest to the small Wood Sandpiper, and also closely related to the Marsh Sandpiper (Pereira & Baker, 2005). These are a group of smallish shanks which tend to have red or reddish legs, and in breeding plumage are generally a subdued, light brown above with some darker mottling, with a pattern of somewhat diffuse small brownish spots on the breast and neck.

This is a widespread breeding bird across Europe and northern Asia. It is a migratory species, wintering on coasts around the Mediterranean, in south Asia, and on the Atlantic coast of Europe from Great Britain southwards.

In Non-breeding plumage at Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.

It is replaced in the Arctic by the Spotted Redshank, which has a longer bill and legs, and is almost entirely black in breeding plumage and very pale in winter.

Redshanks have red legs and bill, and show white up the back and on the wings in flight. They are brown, becoming somewhat lighter-toned in winter.

Redshanks will nest in any wetland, from damp meadows to saltmarsh, often at high densities. They lay 3-5 eggs. These are wary and noisy birds which will alert everything else with their loud piping call. Like most waders, they feed on small invertebrates.

The Common Redshank is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.






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