Spotted Redshank

Tringa erythropus

Archibebe Oscuro

 

 
Non-breeding plumage (right), with Greater Yellowlegs - Photo: G. Beaton

 

Length: 32 cm.; weight: 165 g.

RANGE: Breeds in Eurasia. Accidental in the New World (Barbados, North Carolina), but may be reported from Puerto Rico eventually.

TAXONOMY: CHARADRIIFORMES; SCOLOPACIDAE; Scolopacinae

 
Non-breeding plumage - Photo: G. Beaton

 

Non-breeding plumage (left), with Greater Yellowlegs - Photo: G. Beaton

 

Non-breeding plumage (left), with Greater Yellowlegs - Photo: G. Beaton

 

Adult molting into breeding plumage -
Photo: M. Oberle

References

del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1996. Handbook of Birds of the World, Vol. 3. Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Spotted Redshank, Spanish text

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