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title: "Spotted Redshank"
description: "Tringa erythropus — Birds. The spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus) is a wader (shorebird) in the large bird family Scolopacidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/spotted-redshank
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spotted Redshank

> Tringa erythropus — Birds. The spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus) is a wader (shorebird) in the large bird family Scolopacidae.

- Scientific name: *Tringa erythropus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 10476
- Wikidata: [Q28103](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28103)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3882](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3882)

## Names

- en: Spotted Redshank
- de: Dunkler Wasserläufer
- es: Archibebe oscuro
- fr: Chevalier arlequin
- nl: Zwarte ruiter
- pt: Perna-vermelha-escuro
- pl: Brodziec śniady

## Countries with the most observations

RU (1508), FR (1132), IT (1036), GB (693), DE (583), CN (495), IN (403), ES (360), HK (252), PT (238), NL (195), TH (173)

## Summary

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: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_redshank

## Photo

![Spotted Redshank](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotted-redshank/medium.jpg)

Photo: George Cook · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340944317

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spotted-redshank?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).