Species of Thailand
Thai: นกทะเลขาแดงลายจุด, nok tha-le kaa daeng lai jud
Binomial name: Tringa erythropus, Peter Simon Pallas, 1764
The spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus) is a wader (shorebird) in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It breeds across northern Scandinavia and northern Asia 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.
The spotted redshank was first described by German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas in 1764. It is a monotypic species, with no recognised subspecies. Taxonomically, it forms a close-knit group with several other large Tringa species, with molecular sequencing showing it to be a sister clade to that containing the greater yellowlegs and the common greenshank.
This is a large wader (shorebird), measuring 29 – 31 cm long, with a wingspan of 61 – 67 cm and a weight ranging from 121 to 205 g. It is black in breeding plumage, and very pale in winter. It has a red legs and bill, and shows a white oval on the back in flight. Juveniles are grey-brown finely speckled white above, and have pale, finely barred underparts. The call is a creaking whistle teu-it (somewhat similar to the call of a roseate tern), the alarm call a kyip-kyip-kyip.
Habitat and range
The spotted redshank breeds in the Arctic across much of Eurasia, from Lapland in the west to Chukotskaya in the east.
Food and feeding
Like most waders, it feeds on small invertebrates.
It nests on open boggy taiga, laying four eggs in a ground scrape. For breeding the bird moults to a black to dark grey with white spots. During breeding plumage the legs also turn a dark grey. See image alongside.
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- Tringa erythropus
- English: Spotted redshank
- French: Chevalier arlequin
- Thai: นกทะเลขาแดงลายจุด, nok tha-le kaa daeng lai jud
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
- Amphawa District, Samut Songkhram
- Ban Laem District, Phetchaburi
- Ban Lueam District, Nakhon Ratchasima
- Ban Phai District, Khon Kaen
- Bang Pahan District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
- Bang Phra Non-hunting Area
- Bang Pu Recreation Centre
- Borabue District, Maha Sarakham
- Bueng Boraped Non-hunting Area
- Bueng Khong Long Non-hunting Area
- Chaiyo District, Ang Thong
- Chatturat District, Chaiyaphum
- Chiang Khong District, Chiang Rai
- Chiang Saen District, Chiang Rai
- Doi Lo District, Chiang Mai
- Fang District, Chiang Mai
- Huai Chorakhe Mak Reservoir Non-hunting Area
- Kamphaeng Saen District, Nakhon Pathom
- Kantharawichai District, Maha Sarakham
- Khao Nang Panthurat Forest Park
- Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park
- Khao Yai National Park
- Khao Yoi District, Phetchaburi
- Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani
- Kumphawapi District, Udon Thani
- Kut Thing Non-hunting Area
- Laem Pak Bia
- Mueang Chonburi District, Chonburi
- Mueang Khon Kaen District, Khon Kaen
- Mueang Krabi District, Krabi
- Mueang Nakhon Nayok District, Nakhon Nayok
- Mueang Nong Khai District, Nong Khai
- Mueang Phetchaburi District, Phetchaburi
- Mueang Samut Sakhon District, Samut Sakhon
- Mueang Samut Songkhram District, Samut Songkhram
- Mueang Suphanburi District, Suphan Buri
- Mueang Uttaradit District, Uttaradit
- Non Thai District, Nakhon Ratchasima
- Nong Bong Khai Non-hunting Area
- Nong Song Hong District, Khon Kaen
- Pak Phli District, Nakhon Nayok
- Pak Thale
- Pran Buri Forest Park
- Samut Prakan Province
- Takua Pa District, Phang Nga
- Thanyaburi District, Pathum Thani
- Wat Phai Lom & Wat Ampu Wararam Non-hunting Area
- Wiang Chai District, Chiang Rai
Range map of Tringa erythropus in Thailand
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