Common Redshank

Tringa totanus - Chevalier gambette

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Scolopacidés
Genus
:
Tringa
Species
:
totanus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 29 cm
Wingspan
: 59 à 66 cm.
Weight
: 110 à 155 g

Longevity

17 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Description identification

Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

Tringa totanus totanus (w and n Europe to w Siberia)
Tringa totanus robusta (Iceland, Faroe Is.)
Tringa totanus ussuriensis (s Siberia and Mongolia to e Asia)
Tringa totanus terrignotae (s Manchuria and e China)
Tringa totanus craggi (nw China)
Tringa totanus eurhina (Tajikistan, n India, Tibet)

Foreign names

Chevalier gambette,
Archibebe Común,
Perna-vermelha-comum,
Rotschenkel,
Piroslábú cankó,
Tureluur,
Pettegola,
Rödbena,
Rødstilk,
kalužiak červenonohý,
vodouš rudonohý,
Rødben,
punajalkaviklo,
Rooipootruiter,
gamba roja comuna,
Stelkur,
krwawodziób,
pļavu tilbīte,
rdečenogi martinec,
Травник,
Trinil kaki-merah,
アカアシシギ,
红脚鹬,
นกทะเลขาแดง,
赤足鷸〔紅腳鷸〕,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland

Geographic range

Illustration

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Sources of information

IOC World Bird List (v10.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.

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