Common Redshank

Tringa totanus - Chevalier gambette

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Scolopacidés

  • Genus
    :

    Tringa

  • Species
    :

    totanus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 29 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 59 à 66 cm.
  • Weight
    : 110 à 155 g
Longevity

17 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Chevalier gambette
adult plum. breeding
Chevalier gambette
adult plum. post breeding

Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

  • Tringa totanus totanus (w and n Europe to w Siberia)
  • Tringa totanus robusta (Iceland, Faroe Is.)
  • Tringa totanus ussuriensis (s Siberia and Mongolia to e Asia)
  • Tringa totanus terrignotae (s Manchuria and e China)
  • Tringa totanus craggi (nw China)
  • Tringa totanus eurhina (Tajikistan, n India, Tibet)

Foreign names

  • Chevalier gambette,
  • Archibebe común,
  • perna-vermelha-comum,
  • Rotschenkel,
  • piroslábú cankó,
  • Tureluur,
  • Pettegola,
  • rödbena,
  • Rødstilk,
  • kalužiak červenonohý,
  • vodouš rudonohý,
  • Rødben,
  • punajalkaviklo,
  • Rooipootruiter,
  • gamba roja comuna,
  • Stelkur,
  • krwawodziób,
  • pļavu tilbīte,
  • rdečenogi martinec,
  • Травник,
  • Trinil kaki-merah,
  • アカアシシギ,
  • 红脚鹬,
  • นกทะเลขาแดง,
  • 赤足鷸〔紅腳鷸〕,

Voice song and cries

Chevalier gambette
adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Chevalier gambette
adult plum. breeding

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Chevalier gambette
published: - Updated: 22-10-2013
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