Spotted redshank: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the spotted redshank lives – recorded in 58 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Tringa erythropus
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	58 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America
Mass	24.5 g (birth weight); 142 g (male organism, adult weight); 161 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Scolopacidae

Where does the spotted redshank live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the spotted redshank in 58 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Africa, South America, Hefei, Burkina Faso.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a spotted redshank?

Wikidata records the following for the spotted redshank: mass 24.5 g (birth weight); 142 g (male organism, adult weight); 161 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the spotted redshank endangered?

The spotted redshank’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the spotted redshank?

The spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Scolopacidae, genus Tringa. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the spotted redshank

The spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus) is a wader (shorebird) in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It breeds across northern Scandinavia and the northern Palearctic and migrates south to the Mediterranean, the southern British Isles, France, tropical Africa, and tropical Asia for the winter. It is an occasional vagrant to Australia and North America.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Spotted redshank (revision 1326481647), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q28103 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).