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Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus [Pallas, 1764]
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Breeding & Survival
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Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Scolopacidae
BTO Codes:
DR , SPORE
EURING No:
5450
Number in Britain:
420 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK:
AMBER
European:
3 Concern, most not in Europe; Declining
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Passage/Winter Visitor
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
30 cm
Wingspan:
64 cm
Weight:
M/F: 170 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: trungas =a waterbird mentioned by Aristotle
and Gr.: eruthrus =red + -pous =foot
World Distribution:
BREEDS: n Eurasia, WINTERS: Mediterranean to se Asia & c Africa
Habitat:
Marshy tundra, on migration meadows & mudflats
Diet:
Invertebrates, will wade in deep water and swim, occasionally up-ending like a duck
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
No population trend available
Distribution:
New Atlas )
British Population Size:
Passage:
420 individuals
Winter:
136 individuals
in 1994-99
First Record:
1771
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
No habitat data from BBS
European Population Size:
Summer:
18 to 32 thousand pairs
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WBD(II*), Bern(III), Bonn(II), AEWA
Survey Results:
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
47 x 32 mm
Egg Weight:
24.5 g (of which 5 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records:
0
Clutch Size:
4 eggs
Incubation:
. days
by the:
Male (occ. Female)
Fledging:
Unavailable
as:
Precocial, downy
First Clutches Laid:
Unavailable
Number of Broods:
1
Number Ringed:
2
Adult Survival:
No data
Juvenile Survival:
No data
Age at First Breeding:
Typical Lifespan:
No data
Maximum Recorded Age:
7yr5m
(Finland: 8yr 7m)
Biometrics
Ring Size:
D
Wing Length
Adult:
Insufficient Data.
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data.
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Weight
Adult:
Insufficient Data.
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data.
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Other Names
Dusky Redshank
Gaelic:
Gearradh-breac
Welsh:
Pibydd Coesgoch Mannog
Danish:
Sortklire
Dutch:
Zwarte ruiter
Finnish:
Mustaviklo
French:
Chevalier arlequin
German:
Dunkelwasserläufer
Hungarian:
Füstös cankó
Icelandic:
Sótselkur
Irish:
Cosdeargán Breac
Italian:
Totano moro
Norwegian:
Sotsnipe
Polish:
Brodziec sniady
Portuguese:
Perna-vermelha-escuro
Spanish:
Archibebe oscuro
Swedish:
Svartsnäppa
Local Names: Cambridge Snipe, Spotshank
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