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Common Redshank

Tringa totanus

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64.2451, -15.0359

Field Notes

Description:

The Common Redshank is seen here in its breeding plumage, a rich marbled brown color. These Eurasian waders have red legs and a black-tipped red bill. In Iceland it is the the only common Tringa species. In the breeding season they prefer marshes, moist meadows and grasslands as seen here.

Habitat:

Coastal meadow, a shared breeding ground with many other seabird species (see nearby spottings).

Notes:

Another bird that loves protesting your presence.They often pick-up good viewpoints like fence poles to watch out for intruders.

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Common Redshank

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
The MnMs
Maybe it has chicks hidden in the grasses and is warning them, like the oystercatchers do.
DanielePralong
It does look like sneezing doesn't it? I think it was just protesting my presence even though I was quite far. I could not spot its partner in the area at the time but did not spend too much time looking as we were being dive-bombed by terns :-)
The MnMs
looks like he/she sneezes at the end..or perhaps calling? :-)

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Birds of the World
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The Biodiversity of Iceland

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PublishedAugust 19, 2013

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