Wildlifeof Singapore
Common Redshank
Scolopacidae
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 (May be cropped or resized)
Tringa totanus
Basic stats
Range
Eurasia; northern birds winter in Africa, India and Southeast Asia
The common redshank is a Eurasian wader in the sandpiper family. Six subspecies are recognised; several breed in Europe, Siberia and central and east Asia and winter in Africa, India and Southeast Asia, and the form eurhina breeds in Tajikistan, north India and Tibet and winters in India and the Malay Peninsula. In breeding plumage it is marbled brown, and in winter it is lighter and plainer greyish-brown, with red legs and a black-tipped red bill (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is closely related to the wood sandpiper and the marsh sandpiper (Wikipedia, general species account).
Quick answers
- Where is the Common Redshank found?
- Eurasia; northern birds winter in Africa, India and Southeast Asia