#0570 · 🐦 birds

Common Redshank

🇳🇱 Tureluur ·Tringa totanus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Frans Vandewalle · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © In Memoriam: Mark Kilner · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Luiz Lapa · CC BY 4.0
4. © markus lilje · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © nutmeg66 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Mike Pennington · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Zuid-Holland, Nederland:© jabo0021 · CC BY 4.0
8. 1546 Jisp, Netherlands:© harrylurling · CC BY-ND 4.0
9. 2825 Berkenwoude, Netherlands:© Colton Veltkamp · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Ridderkerk, Netherlands:© Ad Konings · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The common redshank or simply redshank ( Tringa totanus ) is a Eurasian wader in the large 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 totanus is from Tótano , the Italian name for this bird.

base stats

NL sightings 1,908iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 47,090iNaturalist observations
weight 129 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).

fun facts

Spotted 1,908 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #39 most seen of the birds in NL.
47,090 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 129 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).