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  7. Spotted Redshank

BirdUp · Species

Spotted Redshank

Tringa erythropus(Pallas, 1764)

Conservation status: Least ConcernOrigin: Vagrant
Order
CHARADRIIFORMES
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Tringa

At a glance

The Spotted Redshank, listed as Least Concern. It is best seen in autumn.

Conservation status
Least Concern
Origin
Vagrant
Best seen
Autumn
Commonness
Local
  • Identification
  • Where
  • When

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The spotted redshank is a wader (shorebird) in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It breeds across northern Scandinavia and the northern Palearctic and migrates south to the Mediterranean, the southern British Isles, France, tropical Africa, and tropical Asia for the winter. It is an occasional vagrant to Australia and North America.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Field specs

Wingspan
61 cm

Measurements · avonet · CC BY 4.0

03 · When

When to look

When can you see a Spotted Redshank?

The Spotted Redshank is recorded across its Australian range mainly in March, April, May and August.

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

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02 · Where

Where to find it

Where does the Spotted Redshank live in Australia?

The Spotted Redshank is found in Australia, recorded across 2 of Australia’s bioregions, with a core range spanning low Arctic to subarctic wooded tundra of north Palearctic.

BreedingLow Arctic to subarctic wooded tundra of north Palearctic: north and central Scandinavia east through inland Russia to central Chukotskiy Pen. (north-east Siberia)

Non-breedingSouth-west PAL, AF, OR : subtropical to tropical inland and coastal wetlands of Paleotropics (except Australasia): south British Isles and Canary Is. (Macaronesia, west of north Africa) to tropical Africa, Middle East, south and south-east Asia to south-east China and Taiwan

Distribution from BirdUp Australia community data

Legend

  • Passage
  • Vagrant

2 regions recorded