#0682 · 🐦 birds

Spotted Redshank

🇳🇱 Zwarte Ruiter ·Tringa erythropus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The spotted redshank ( Tringa erythropus ) is a wader (shorebird) in the large bird family Scolopacidae. The genus name Tringa is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas , a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific erythropus is from Ancient Greek eruthros , "red", and pous , "foot".

base stats

NL sightings 199iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,800iNaturalist observations
weight 161 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).