Tringa totanus
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The common redshank or simply redshank (Tringa totanus) is a Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae. The common redshank was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Scolopax totanus. It is now placed with twelve other species in the genus Tringa that Linnaeus had introduced in 1758. The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper by the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi in 1603 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.
Six subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natura Artis Magistra | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 2 | Dresden Zoo | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Paris Zoological Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Parc des oiseaux | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Aquarium du palais de la Porte Dorée | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Parc animalier de Sainte-Croix | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Eekholt Wildlife Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Slimbridge Wetland Centre | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 9 | hipopotamiarnia i akwarium morskie warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Common Redshank sighting in Liverpool on a given day, based on 1,517 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 30th most-seen of the 168 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and July–October
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Common Redshank in Liverpool on a given day, against about 10% in May, the lowest month.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Redshank sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 74 cities where we can rate Common Redshank sightings, Liverpool ranks 2nd at about 50%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Naha (Japan, about 50%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Redshank is recorded against all the birds logged in Liverpool (1,517 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
