Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
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- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Shorebirds and Allies)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusTringa (Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies)
- SpeciesTringa erythropus (Spotted Redshank)
About the Spotted Redshank
The spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus) is a wader (shorebird) in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It breeds across northern Scandinavia and the northern Palearctic and migrates south to the Mediterranean, the southern British Isles, France, tropical Africa, and tropical Asia for the winter. It is an occasional vagrant to Australia and North America.
The spotted redshank was described by German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas in 1764 and given the binomial name Scolopax erythropus. It is a monotypic species, with no recognised subspecies. Taxonomically, it forms a close-knit group with several other large Tringa species, with molecular sequencing showing it to be a sister clade to that containing the greater yellowlegs and the common greenshank. The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific erythropus is from Ancient Greek eruthros, "red", and pous, "foot".
This is a large wader (shorebird), measuring 29–31 cm (11–12 in) long, with a wingspan of 61–67 cm (24–26 in) and a weight... Wikipedia →
Recent sightings of Spotted Redshank in Cévennes National Park
LIVEiNaturalistClosest Relatives at Cévennes National Park
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Tringa nebularia
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Tringa ochropus
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Tringa glareola
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Lymnocryptes minimus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemus
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellis
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
Eurasian Dotterel
Charadrius morinellus
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Global Distribution
Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.