Tringa totanus
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In 3 days ~90% 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:
| # | 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 60% of wildlife watchers report a Common Redshank sighting in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary on a given day, based on 99 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 33rd most-seen of the 173 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and February
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Common Redshank in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary on a given day, against about 40% in April and December, the lowest months. Those are among Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary's driest months, with almost no rain against 55 mm in August. May to October have too few records to rate.
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.
Yes
Of the 34 parks where we can rate Common Redshank sightings, Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary has the highest daily chance: about 60%. Next come Sundarbans National Park (India, about 60%) and Oosterschelde National Park (Netherlands, about 60%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Tringa
The closest relatives of the Common Redshank that you can see in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (genus Tringa, Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies) are Common Greenshank (about 40%), Wood Sandpiper (about 40%) and Marsh Sandpiper (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Redshank is recorded against all the birds logged in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (99 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
