Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
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- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Shorebirds and Allies)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusTringa (Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies)
- SpeciesTringa totanus (Common Redshank)
About the Common Redshank
The common redshank or simply redshank (Tringa totanus) is a Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae. The common redshank was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Scolopax totanus. It is now placed with twelve other species in the genus Tringa that Linnaeus had introduced in 1758. The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper by the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi in 1603 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific totanus is from Tótano, the Italian name for this bird.
Six subspecies are recognised: T. t. robusta (Schiøler, 1919) – breeds in Iceland and the Faroe Islands; non-breeding around the British Isles and west Europe T. t. totanus (Linnaeus, 1758) – breeds in west, north Europe to west Siberia; winters in Africa, India and Indonesia
T. t. ussuriensis Buturlin, 1934 – breeds in southern Siberia, Mongolia and east Asia; non-breeding in Africa, India and southeast Asia T. t. terrignotae Meinertzhagen, R. & Meinertzhagen, A., 1926 – breeds in southern... Wikipedia →
Recent sightings of Common Redshank in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park
LIVEiNaturalistClosest Relatives at Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Long-toed Stint
Calidris subminuta
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Swinhoe's Snipe
Gallinago megala
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Global Distribution
Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Common Redshank in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park?
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Common Redshank sighting in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, based on 68 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Common Redshank in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Common Redshank in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park in our monthly data.