Common redshank

For the plant called "redshank", see Persicaria maculosa.

Common redshank
Breeding plumage
Non-breeding (winter) plumage

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1] (Europe)
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Tringa totanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693211A86687799. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693211A86687799.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.