Spotted Redshank

Tringa erythropusOrder: CHARADRIIFORMES Family: Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)

Codes: Common Name: SPRE Scientific Name: TRIERY ITIS Taxonomic No.: 176621

Breeding Location:

Marshes, freshwater, Wetlands, Marshes, saltwater

Breeding Type:

Monogamous

Breeding Population:

Casual to rare

Egg Color:

Green with large black brown blotches

Number of Eggs:

Incubation Days:

23 - 24

Egg Incubator:

Both sexes

Nest Material:

Moss, weeds, grass., Lined with plant material.

Migration:

Migratory

General

Spotted Redshank: Large sandpiper with mostly black body except for white rump, white spots on wings and barred tail. Bill is red with black tip. Legs and feet are red. Sexes are similar. Winter adult has pale gray-brown upperparts, dark eyestripe, and white rump and underparts. Juvenile resembles winter adult but is darker.

Range and Habitat

Spotted Redshank: Breeds in northern Eurasia. Spends winters from Mediterranean region to eastern China south to equatorial Africa and southeast Asia. In spring and fall rarely visits Aleutians. Preferred habitats include freshwater or brackish wetlands, including sewage farms, irrigated rice fields, brackish lagoons, salt marshes, and sheltered muddy shores along coasts.

Breeding and Nesting

Spotted Redshank: Four green eggs with large black brown blotches are laid in a grass tussock or on moss clump sparsely lined with plant material. Incubation ranges from 23 to 24 days and is carried out by both parents.

Foraging and Feeding

Spotted Redshank: Feeds mainly on insects, small crustaceans, mollusks, worms, fish, and amphibians. Forages on land or in shallow water, gleaning from surfaces or probing; occasionally swims while feeding in deep water, and may immerse head and neck completely.

Vocalization

Spotted Redshank: Very noisy; call is a harsh "chueet, chueet."

Similar Species

Spotted Redshank: Common Redshank has brown upperparts, and white underparts with streaks on head, neck, and upper breast.

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Spotted Redshank

Spotted Redshank: Large sandpiper, mostly black body except for white rump, white spots on wings, barred tail. Bill is red with black tip. Legs and feet are dark red. Feeds and forages on land or in shallow water by probing in mud, and sweeping bill back and forth. Swift direct flight when flushed.

● Song: "chueet, chueet"

● Foraging & Feeding: Spotted Redshank: Feeds mainly on insects, small crustaceans, mollusks, worms, fish, and amphibians. Forages on land or in shallow water, gleaning from surfaces or probing; occasionally swims while feeding in deep water, and may immerse head and neck completely.

● Breeding & nesting: Spotted Redshank: Four green eggs with large black brown blotches are laid in a grass tussock or on moss clump sparsely lined with plant material. Incubation ranges from 23 to 24 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Spotted Redshank: Common Redshank has brown upperparts, and white underparts with streaks on head, neck, and upper breast.

Flight Pattern

Swift direct flight.

● Range & Habitat: Spotted Redshank: Breeds in northern Eurasia. Spends winters from Mediterranean region to eastern China south to equatorial Africa and southeast Asia. In spring and fall rarely visits Aleutians. Preferred habitats include freshwater or brackish wetlands, including sewage farms, irrigated rice fields, brackish lagoons, salt marshes, and sheltered muddy shores along coasts.

^BreedingMonogamous

^PopulationCasual to rare

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight5.6 Ounces

Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Rump

The area between the uppertail coverts and the back of the bird.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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