Common redshank

Common redshank
Breeding plumage
Non-breeding (winter) plumage

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) (Europe)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Tringa
Species:
T. totanus
Binomial name
Tringa totanus
Range of the common redshank
  Breeding
  Resident
  Passage
  Non-breeding
Synonyms
  • Totanus totanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Scolopax totanus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Tringa gambetta Linnaeus, 1758

The common redshank or simply redshank (Tringa totanus) is a Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae.

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