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    The common redshank or simply redshank (Tringa totanus) is a Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae. The common redshank was formally described...
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  • Look up redshank in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Redshank may refer to: Redshank (soldier), 16th-century Scottish mercenaries Common redshank Tringa...
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    The spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus) is a wader (shorebird) in the large bird family Scolopacidae. The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given...
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    Australia Egg, Collection Museum Wiesbaden Common greenshank is significantly larger than, for example Common redshank. BirdLife International (2016). "Tringa...
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    The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World. The breeding habitats are marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows...
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    The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species, the spotted sandpiper (A. macularia)...
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  • pochard Common poorwill Common potoo Common quail Common redshank Common redstart Common reed bunting Common reed warbler Common ringed plover Common rock...
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    The Eurasian or common whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), also known as the white-rumped whimbrel in North America, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae...
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    wildly varies between close relatives, with the spotted redshank, the greater yellowlegs, and the common greenshank for example being more closely related among...
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    and heavily built shorebird with a structure similar to that of the common redshank but being larger in size than the greater yellowlegs while resembling...
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    closely related to these two species; its closest relative is the common redshank (T. totanus), with which it shares a sister relationship with the marsh...
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    (Numenius tahitiensis, right) and ruddy turnstones (Arenaria interpres) Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) Preening male...
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    godwit and common redshank. The Sado Estuary holds dunlin, Eurasian curlew, grey plover and common redshank. The Algarve hosts red knot, common greenshank...
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    most birds, the tip of the bill's upper mandible is flexible. As their common name implies, the woodcocks are woodland birds. They feed at night or in...
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    hedgehogs eat the eggs of ground-nesting waders such as common snipe, dunlin, common redshank and northern lapwing. It is also considered a pest in New...
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    Spring so that the grasslands are in a good condition for breeding common redshank and Northern lapwing, this being helped by the grazing of cattle which...
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    that is visible in flight. However, it is more closely related to the common redshank and the wood sandpiper. Together, they form a group of smallish shanks...
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    specific name "borealis" is Latin for "northern". This species has many common names. It has been named the prairie pigeon, fute, little curlew, doe-bird...
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  • tricolor) Actitis Common sandpiper (A. hypoleucos) Spotted sandpiper (A. macularia) Tringa Grey-tailed tattler (T. brevipes) Spotted redshank (T. erythropus)...
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  • northern pintail, common teal, dark-bellied brant goose, grey plover, common redshank, Eurasian curlew, dunlin and black-tailed godwit. Mammals to be seen...
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    The Eurasian curlew or common curlew (Numenius arquata) is a very large wader in the family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews...
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    its sternum make it quite distinct from other snipes or woodcocks. The common name has been said to come from the Welsh word for a snipe, giach (pronounced...
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    both also have a rather prominent supercilium. These birds resemble common redshanks in shape and size. The upper parts, underwings, face and neck are grey...
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    tricolor) Actitis Common sandpiper (A. hypoleucos) Spotted sandpiper (A. macularia) Tringa Grey-tailed tattler (T. brevipes) Spotted redshank (T. erythropus)...
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  • Britain's largest flock of bean goose, as well as northern lapwing, common redshank and common snipe. The RSPB controls the water levels, maintains the dykes...
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    tricolor) Actitis Common sandpiper (A. hypoleucos) Spotted sandpiper (A. macularia) Tringa Grey-tailed tattler (T. brevipes) Spotted redshank (T. erythropus)...
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    non-breeding season in southern Asia from Pakistan to Indonesia. It is the most common migrant snipe in southern India, Sri Lanka and much of Southeast Asia. It...
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    pressure on hunting of the bird to obtain skins. Specimens were reportedly common in markets in Italy and other areas of Southern Europe, having been shot...
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    such as earthworms closer to the surface. The foraging theory is the most common explanation of the behavior, and it is often cited in field guides. An alternative...
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    porpoises and dolphins. The local birdlife include Eurasian curlew, common redshank and sanderling regularly foraging in the lower Fishguard Harbour and...
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