Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus(Pallas, PS, 1764)
English (US) Spotted Redshank
The Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds wooded tundra from Scandinavia eastward through inland Russia to Chukotskiy Peninsula (northeastern Siberia); winters wetlands from southern British Isles and tropical Africa eastward through southern Asia to southeastern China and TaiwanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tringa erythropus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Spotted Redshank
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1764)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Scolopax erythropus
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1764)
- Type locality
- Holland.
- Original description
- Adumbratiunculæ. Avium variarum praecedenti elencho insertarum, sed quæ in Systemate Naturæ Illustr. Linnæi nondum extant p.6 no.306
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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