| Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus |
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Suffolk, England,
The Spotted Redshank breeds in open wooded tundra in northern Europe and Siberia. It migrates to western and southern Europe, the Middle East, southern Asia and to sub-Sahara Africa during the winter when it is found on a variety of wetland habitats. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. |
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In breeding plumage it is almost entirely black with some white dots on the upperparts and dark red legs. In non-breeding plumage, seen here, it has greyish upperparts and a prominent white supercilium above a dark line across the lores. This helps to distinguish it from the Common Redshank T totanus but notice also the longer, finer bill which is dark with some red restricted to the base of the lower mandible. The bill has a slight downward droop near the tip. | |||
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