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: 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 Wadden Sea National Park on a given day, based on 5,390 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 11th most-seen of the 285 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.
April to August
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Common Redshank in Wadden Sea National Park on a given day, against about 40% in February–March and October–November, 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.
2nd of 30
Of the 30 parks where we can rate Common Redshank sightings, Wadden Sea National Park ranks 2nd at about 50%. The best odds are in Sundarbans National Park (India, about 60%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Tringa
The closest relatives of the Common Redshank that you can see in Wadden Sea National Park (genus Tringa, Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies) are Common Greenshank (about 20%), Spotted Redshank (about 10%) and Green Sandpiper (about 10%), 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 Wadden Sea National Park (5,390 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.
