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Common Redshank
Tringa totanus · Family Scolopacidae
Tringa totanus
Family Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,880,535
- Countries and territories with records
- 159
About this species
This species has 2,880,535 occurrence records from 159 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the Netherlands (19.1%), Sweden (18%), the United Kingdom (13.9%), Denmark (9.7%) and Norway (8.2%); together they account for 68.9% of the total. In the Netherlands, this species accounts for 0.83% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Tringa totanus combines the genus name Tringa with the species epithet totanus. The Warbla app catalog lists 13 species of the genus Tringa; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Tringa melanoleuca, Tringa flavipes and Tringa nebularia.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 89 species of the family Scolopacidae. This species ranks 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Actitis macularius. Its record count is 4.1 times the family average (703,816). The family Scolopacidae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.