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Spotted Redshank

Tringa erythropusOrder: CHARADRIIFORMES Family: Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)
Codes: Common Name: SPRE Scientific Name: TRIERY ITIS Taxonomic No.: 176621
Least Concern
 
Spotted Redshank
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Overview

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.

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.

Topo Map: Sandpiper-like Body


Voice Text

"chueet, chueet"

Interesting Facts

 A group of sandpipers has many collective nouns, including a "bind", "contradiction", "fling", "hill", and "time-step" of sandpipers.


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Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Range Map for Spotted Redshank

Related Birds

Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Common Greenshank
Common Redshank
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Family Sandpiper (Scolopacidae)_blue
Species Tringa erythropus
Length12.5 Inches
Wingspan24 Inches

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.
Spotted Redshank Body Illustration
● 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
Sandpiper-like BodyX
RumpX
The area between the uppertail coverts and the back of the bird.
4 and 6 letter alpha codesX

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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ITIS CodesX

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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Parts of a Flying birdX