Spotted Redshank

Common Name	Spotted RedshankBirdlife International
Species name	Tringa erythropusBirdlife International
Family	Scolopacidae
Genus
Local Name	Country Appearance Local name Brunei Darussalam     Cambodia     China     Indonesia     Japan Yes ツルシギ Lao PDR     Malaysia     Mongolia     Myanmar     Philippines     Republic of Korea     Singapore     Thailand     Vietnam

 

Visual and Sound Image

Photos

Spotted Redshank

Videos

 

Sounds

 

Identification

No descriptions

Birdlife International

 

Range Description

No descriptions

Birdlife International

 

Ecology

Ecology (Behaviour)

This species is a full migrant1, 9, 10, breeding in the subarctic and arctic zone of Fennoscandia and Siberia10. On passage to its wintering grounds the majority of the species travels overland on a broad front, although there is also an important route down the west coast of Europe1, 10. Females begin to moving south in early-June, the males following during July, and juveniles migrating from August to September1. The movements of this species are characterised by long flights between staging areas (such as the Wadden Sea, Dutch delta region, southern Hungary, south-east Greece, central Turkey, the Black and Caspian Seas, central Kazakhstan, Lake Baikal, Chang Lake (Ussuriland), central Yakutia, Sakhalin, Japan and Korea)1, those birds wintering in Sahel and northern savanna zones (e.g. Mali, Nigeria and Chad10) also cross the Sahara1. Arrival in Africa begins in August and peaks in October9, the species being present throughout the tropics mainly between October and April1, and returning to arctic breeding grounds between late-April and mid-May1. Few birds remain in the tropics during the breeding season, but non-breeders may spend the summer just south of the breeding grounds1. The species breeds in dispersed pairs and is often seen singly, although it is also common in parties of up to 20 and exceptionally over 1001, 2. Adults typically moult in large flocks9 in staging areas in their arctic breeding range before moving to wintering grounds1. This species is both a diurnal and nocturnal feeder1.

Birdlife International

Habitat

<Breeding> During the breeding season this species inhabits lowland and upland (but not montane) regions, in wooded and open tundra5, marshes, swampy pine or birch forest near the arctic tree-line, and also more open areas such as heathland and shrub tundra1, 3.
<Non-breeding> During migration and on its wintering grounds4 this species frequents a variety of freshwater and brackish wetlands such as sewage farms, irrigated rice fields, brackish lagoons, salt-marshes, salt-pans, sheltered muddy coastal shores1 and mudflats3, marshes and marshy lake edges2, 3, small reservoirs, pools and flooded grasslands2.

Birdlife International

Diet

The species is carnivorous, its diet consisting chiefly of aquatic insects and their larvae (especially swimming beetles and hemipterans), terrestrial flying insects (such as craneflies), small crustaceans, molluscs, polycheate worms, and small fish and amphibians up to 6-7 cm long1, 3.

Birdlife International

Breeding Site

The nest of this species is a shallow depression5 positioned in grass tussocks1, on sphagnum moss4, or in fairly dry areas of forest amongst low vegetation such as dwarf willows3. Nest sites are often selected near dead trees or other suitable look-out perches3.

Birdlife International

References

1. del Hoyo et al. (1996). 2. Urban et al. (1986). 3. Johnsgard (1981). 4. Flint et al. (1984). 5. Snow and Perrins (1998). 6. Ntiamboa-Baidu (1991). 7. Kelin and Qiang (2006). 8. Barter (2002). 9. Hayman et al. (1986). 10. Smit and Piersma (1989). 11. Baldi et al. (2005). 12. Barter (2006).

Birdlife International

Status

International Status

IUCN Red List Category

LC

Justification

This species is threatened by habitat loss in its wintering range and on migration: wetland sites in Ghana are being degraded through coastal erosion and developments involving drainage and land reclamation6; and in China and South Korea important migrational staging areas around the coast of the Yellow Sea are being lost through land reclamation and degraded as a result of declining river flows (from water abstraction), increased pollution, unsustainable harvesting of benthic fauna and a reduction in the amount of sediment being carried into the area by the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers7, 8, 12.

 

National Status

Country	Category	Reference
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
China
Indonesia
Japan	VU	http://www.biodic.go.jp/rdb/rdb_f.html
Korea
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Mongolia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam

 

Management

Threat

This species is threatened by habitat loss in its wintering range and on migration: wetland sites in Ghana are being degraded through coastal erosion and developments involving drainage and land reclamation6; and in China and South Korea important migrational staging areas around the coast of the Yellow Sea are being lost through land reclamation and degraded as a result of declining river flows (from water abstraction), increased pollution, unsustainable harvesting of benthic fauna and a reduction in the amount of sediment being carried into the area by the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers7, 8, 12.

Birdlife International

Information

Intensive grazing of grassland (> 1 cow per hectare) was found to attract a higher abundance of this species in Hungary11.

Birdlife International

Current Conservation

No descriptions

Birdlife International

Current Conservation

No descriptions

Birdlife International

Legal Protection

Country	Status	Reference
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
China
Indonesia
Japan
Korea
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Mongolia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam

 

Related Links

 

Range

Geographical Information

Migration Route

 

Asian Waterbird Census

Descriptions

The Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) was initiated in 1987 and runs in parallel with other waterbird censuses carried out in Africa, Europe, Central and West Asia and Latin America under the umbrella of the International Waterbird Census (IWC), which is organised by Wetlands International.

The AWC takes place annually, during the second and third weeks of January, and is carried out by volunteers interested in collecting information on waterbirds and wetlands as a basis for contributing to their conservation.

Reference: Li, Z.W.D., Bloem, A., Delany S., Martakis G. and Quintero J. O. 2009. Status of Waterbirds in Asia - Results of the Asian Waterbird Census: 1987-2007. Wetlands International, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Census Data

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)
The total number of count sites	2	3	3	2	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	5	5	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	9
CAMBODIA	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual																			3	113	6
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)																			1	2	3
The total number of count sites	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	11	0	0	12	12	11	5	1	6	9	6	6
CHINA	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual			1096	1547	281	2566	89	65	34		1964		200					12361	15760	9271	764	1702
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)			4	2	3	3	1	3	1		3		1					11	31	33	14	17
The total number of count sites	0	1	34	12	50	60	67	29	6	14	6	15	21	20	14	10	22	45	80	81	59	72
INDONESIA	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual								1		24
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)								1		1
The total number of count sites	0	0	0	1	19	8	17	17	15	19	16	0	0	47	12	10	40	34	14	16	15	23
JAPAN	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual															6	3	3	3	7	6	7	5
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)								1		1
The total number of count sites	0	0	0	53	39	52	47	20	50	40	47	37	41	37	107	112	103	109	97	159	142	137
LAO PDR	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual								1	50						92
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)								1	1						2
The total number of count sites	0	0	0	2	4	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
MALAYSIA	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual							6														1
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)							1														1
The total number of count sites	0	0	0	59	68	93	85	17	10	7	10	0	0	20	25	25	25	43	43	82	82	40
MYANMAR	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual							163			65					61	271	18	9	1	50	25	7
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)							2			1					2	7	2	2	1	3	2	1
The total number of count sites	0	5	3	12	17	15	21	20	13	12	2	4	2	0	7	32	47	73	24	31	32	19
PHILIPPINES	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)
The total number of count sites	0	0	0	0	19	21	34	39	46	47	39	28	29	32	43	38	50	47	56	54	65	108
SINGAPORE	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual							2
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)							1
The total number of count sites	0	0	0	0	4	12	17	15	13	14	10	10	6	11	10	10	8	9	9	8	8	7
REPUBLIC OF KOREA	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual										2					1					1
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)										1					1					1
The total number of count sites	0	0	10	12	22	20	20	15	10	22	25	22	14	68	99	112	118	116	117	123	127	127
THAILAND	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual	128	1	1	737	8	5	5	5		2	266				762	12	90	146	419	729	384	529
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)	1	1	1	10	3	1	3	1		1	2				2	2	4	5	6	11	13	16
The total number of count sites	10	8	3	20	26	12	23	16	17	5	9	3	1	1	7	3	9	26	20	82	99	33
VIETNAM	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual					49			7		56				2		17				21	21
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)					1			2		1				1		1				2	3
The total number of count sites	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	4	0	1	1	0	1	8	2	2	16	4	4	9	6	11

 

Population

Descriptions

 

Population Trend

 

Additional Information

BirdLife International

BirdLife International

Climate change species distributions

 

Other Information

• Detailed species account from Birds in Europe: population estimates, trends and conservation status (BirdLife International 2004)