Tringa totanus
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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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Common Redshank sighting in Teno-Rasca Marine Strip (Tenerife) on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 60th most-seen of the 70 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July, September and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Redshank in Teno-Rasca Marine Strip (Tenerife) on a given day, against under 5% in August, October and December–June, the lowest months.
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.
29th of 34
Of the 34 parks where we can rate Common Redshank sightings, Teno-Rasca Marine Strip (Tenerife) ranks 29th at under 5%. The best odds are in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (Senegal, about 60%), Sundarbans National Park (India, about 60%) and Oosterschelde National Park (Netherlands, about 60%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Redshank is recorded against all the birds logged in Teno-Rasca Marine Strip (Tenerife) (16 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.
