Common Redshank

Common Redshank
English Common Name
Common Redshank
Scientific name
Tringa totanus
Taxonomy
Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Scolopacidae
Size
About 27 cm
Species Distribution
Eurasia, Africa
Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
Japan Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
The species is found at all areas in Japan as a migratory bird. Even though not so many of Amami Woodcocks are observed in Okinawa, it is one of the important areas as wintering or stopping spot.

Updated November 2017

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