Listen to the spotted redshank
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About the spotted redshank
The spotted redshank is a bird in the family Scolopacidae (order Charadriiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 64 cm and weigh around 142 g.
What does the spotted redshank sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as nocturnal flight call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus) is a wader (shorebird) in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It breeds across northern Scandinavia and the northern Palearctic 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.
Related birds in the genus Tringa
More from the family Scolopacidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a spotted redshank sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the spotted redshank on this page, including its nocturnal flight call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the spotted redshank endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the spotted redshank as “least concern”.
What family does the spotted redshank belong to?
The spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus) belongs to the family Scolopacidae in the order Charadriiformes.
Sources & credits
- Nocturnal flight call · Dresden, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany by Jens Loose – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Spotted redshank nocturnal flight call by Jens Loose, extracted and denoised by 痛 Designism ( talk ) – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q28103 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Spotted redshank – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) – CC BY 3.0