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 Pyrénées National Park
LIVEiNaturalistClosest Relatives at Pyrénées National Park
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus
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 Pyrénées National Park?
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Common Redshank sighting in Pyrénées National Park, based on 117 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Common Redshank in Pyrénées National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Common Redshank in Pyrénées National Park in our monthly data.