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Common Redshank

Tringa totanus

Least Concern (IUCN Red List)Sandpipers and Allies
Common Redshank, photographed by Christoph Müller

Photo: Christoph Müller · Wikimedia · CC-BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

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Call and song

About the Common Redshank

Stocky brown wader with bright red legs; compare with slenderer, far more gracile Spotted Redshank in juvenile and non-breeding plumage. Often rather wary, alerting other birds with its loud, fluty, whistled calls. Bobs tail when nervous, and then flies to show flashy white trailing edge to wings, white rump patch. Feeds in muddy shallows, probing and picking with its bill. Inhabits fresh and coastal wetlands; also breeds on moorland, usually near water.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded in 153 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.

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