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title: "Common Redshank"
description: "Tringa totanus — Uccelli. The common redshank or simply redshank (Tringa totanus) is a Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/common-redshank
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Redshank

> Tringa totanus — Uccelli. The common redshank or simply redshank (Tringa totanus) is a Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae.

- Scientific name: *Tringa totanus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 46149
- Wikidata: [Q18859](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18859)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3879](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3879)

## Names

- en: Common Redshank
- de: Rotschenkel
- es: Archibebe común
- fr: Chevalier gambette
- nl: Tureluur
- pt: Cacongo
- pl: Krwawodziób

## Countries with the most observations

RU (9265), GB (7656), PT (2477), FR (2251), ES (2044), NL (1900), DE (1547), IS (1434), IN (1344), SG (968), TW (909), IT (838)

## Summary

The common redshank or simply redshank (Tringa totanus) is a Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Stephen James McWilliam · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191704855

## Machine access

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