Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) - BirdLife species factsheet

Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
Christidis, L.; Boles, W. E. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
Cramp, S. and Perrins, C.M. 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Cramp, S.; Perrins, C. M. 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	7,360,000 km²	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	62,800,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	poor	estimated	2012
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	5.6 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number c.110,000-270,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2015). The European population is estimated at 20,500-54,000 pairs, which equates to 41,000-108,000 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2015). National population estimates include: < c.10,000 individuals on migration and c.1,000-10,000 wintering individuals in China; c.50-1,000 individuals on migration and c.50-1,000 wintering individuals in Taiwan and c.10,000-100,000 breeding pairs and c.1,000-10,000 individuals on migration in Russia (Brazil 2009).

Trend justification: The overall population trend is stable, although some populations have unknown trends (BirdLife International 2015, Wetlands International 2015).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Afghanistan	extant	native			yes
Albania	extant	native		yes
Algeria	extant	native
Angola	extant	vagrant
Antigua and Barbuda	extant	vagrant
Armenia	extant	native
Australia	extant	vagrant
Austria	extant	native
Azerbaijan	extant	native
Bahrain	extant	native		yes	yes
Bangladesh	extant	native
Barbados	extant	vagrant
Belarus	extant	native
Belgium	extant	native		yes
Benin	extant	native
Bosnia and Herzegovina	extant	native
Botswana	extant	vagrant
Brunei	extant	native
Bulgaria	extant	native		yes
Burkina Faso	extant	native
Burundi	extant	native
Cambodia	extant	vagrant
Cameroon	extant	native
Canada	extant	vagrant
Cape Verde	extant	vagrant
Chad	extant	native
China (mainland)	extant	native		yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native
Croatia	extant	native			yes
Cyprus	extant	native
Czechia	extant	native			yes
Denmark	extant	native			yes
Djibouti	extant	vagrant
Dominica	extant	vagrant
Egypt	extant	native
Eritrea	extant	native
Estonia	extant	native
Ethiopia	extant	native
Finland	extant	native	yes		yes
France	extant	native		yes	yes
Gambia	extant	native
Georgia	extant	native
Germany	extant	native		yes	yes
Ghana	extant	native
Greece	extant	native		yes	yes
Guadeloupe (to France)	extant	vagrant
Guam (to USA)	extant	uncertain
Guinea	extant	native
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native
Hong Kong (China)	extant	native
Hungary	extant	native			yes
India	extant	native
Indonesia	extant	native
Iran, Islamic Republic of	extant	native		yes	yes
Iraq	extant	native		yes	yes
Ireland	extant	native		yes
Israel	extant	native
Italy	extant	native		yes	yes
Japan	extant	native
Jordan	extant	native			yes
Kazakhstan	extant	native
Kenya	extant	native
Kuwait	extant	native		yes	yes
Kyrgyzstan	extant	native
Laos	extant	native
Latvia	extant	native
Lebanon	extant	vagrant			yes
Liberia	extant	vagrant
Libya	extant	native
Liechtenstein	extant	vagrant
Luxembourg	extant	vagrant
Malawi	extant	vagrant
Malaysia	extant	native
Maldives	extant	vagrant
Mali	extant	native
Malta	extant	native
Martinique (to France)	extant	vagrant
Mauritania	extant	native
Micronesia, Federated States of	extant	vagrant
Moldova	extant	native			yes
Mongolia	extant	native
Montenegro	extant	native		yes
Montserrat (to UK)	extant	vagrant
Morocco	extant	native
Mozambique	extant	vagrant
Myanmar	extant	native
Nepal	extant	native
Netherlands	extant	native		yes
Niger	extant	native
Nigeria	extant	native
North Korea	extant	native
North Macedonia	extant	native		yes
Norway	extant	native	yes		yes
Oman	extant	native		yes	yes
Pakistan	extant	native
Palestine	extant	native		yes	yes
Poland	extant	native			yes
Portugal	extant	native		yes
Qatar	extant	native			yes
Romania	extant	native			yes
Russia	extant	native	yes		yes
Russia (Asian)	extant	native	yes
Russia (Central Asian)	extant	native	yes		yes
Russia (European)	extant	native	yes
Rwanda	extant	native
Saudi Arabia	extant	native		yes	yes
Senegal	extant	native
Serbia	extant	native		yes
Seychelles	extant	native
Singapore	extant	native
Slovakia	extant	native
Slovenia	extant	native		yes
Somalia	extant	native
South Africa	extant	vagrant
South Korea	extant	native
South Sudan	extant	native		yes
Spain	extant	native		yes
Sri Lanka	extant	native
St Kitts and Nevis	extant	vagrant
St Lucia	extant	vagrant
St Vincent and the Grenadines	extant	vagrant
Sudan	extant	native
Sweden	extant	native	yes		yes
Switzerland	extant	native
Syria	extant	native		yes	yes
Taiwan, China	extant	native
Tajikistan	extant	native
Tanzania	extant	native
Thailand	extant	native		yes
Timor-Leste	extant	vagrant
Togo	extant	vagrant
Trinidad and Tobago	extant	vagrant
Tunisia	extant	native
Türkiye	extant	native		yes
Turkmenistan	extant	native
Uganda	extant	native
Ukraine	extant	native			yes
United Arab Emirates	extant	native		yes	yes
United Kingdom	extant	native		yes	yes
USA	extant	vagrant
Uzbekistan	extant	native
Vietnam	extant	native		yes
Yemen	extant	native		yes	yes
Zambia	extant	vagrant
Zimbabwe	extant	vagrant

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
China (mainland)	Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve
China (mainland)	Lianyungang saltworks
Denmark	Tøndermarsken, Magisterkog and Rudbøl Sø
Finland	Käsivarsi fjelds
Finland	Kevo
Finland	Lemmenjoki-Hammastunturi-Pulju
Finland	Northern Kaldoaivi wilderness
Finland	Oulu region wetlands
Finland	Pomokaira-Koitelaiskaira
Finland	Pori archipelago and wetlands
Finland	Pöyrisjärvi wilderness
Finland	Saariselkä and Koilliskaira
France	Bassin d'Arcachon et Banc d'Arguin
France	Camargue
France	Lac du Der-Chantecoq et étangs latéraux
Germany	Dollart
Germany	Elbe marshes between Stade and Otterndorf
Germany	Hauke-Haien Koog
Germany	Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park
Germany	Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park (includes the Halligs, Kniepsand/Amrum, Lister Koog, Rantumbecken, Rickelsb
Ghana	Densu Delta Ramsar Site and vicinity
Ghana	Keta Lagoon Ramsar Site
Ghana	Sakumo Lagoon Ramsar Site and vicinity
Ghana	Songor Ramsar Site
Mali	Lac Débo - Lac Oualado Débo
Montenegro	Ulcinj saltpans
Myanmar	Gulf of Mottama
Netherlands	Wadden Sea
Niger	Mozagué reservoir
Nigeria	Hadejia-Nguru wetlands
Norway	Øvre Anárjohka
Norway	Øvre Pasvik
Norway	Reisa
Norway	Varanger Peninsula
Pakistan	Indus Dolphin Reserve and Kandhkot wetlands
Pakistan	Taunsa Barrage Wildlife Sanctuary
Romania	Buhuşu reservoir - Bacău - Tătărăşti
Romania	Cârja - Maţa - Rădeanu - Roşcani
Romania	Danube Delta
Romania	Prut river flood-plain - Vlădeşti - Frumuşiţa
Russia (Asian)	Chelomdzha valley and Kava-Chelomdzha interfluve
Russia (Asian)	Gusikha river basin and lower Balakhnya river
Russia (Asian)	Kolyma delta
Russia (Asian)	North-east Sakhalin lagoons
Russia (Asian)	Tyk and Viakhtu bays
Russia (Central Asian)	Upper and Middle Yuribey
Russia (Central Asian)	Valley of headwaters of the river Schuchya
Russia (European)	Lapland Biosphere Reserve
South Korea	Cheonsu Bay
South Sudan	Sudd (Bahr-el-Jebel system)
Sweden	Lake Ånn – Storlien
Sweden	Lake Tjålme – Valley of Lais
Sweden	River Ume Delta and Plains
Sweden	Tavvavouma
Sweden	Vindel Mountains (including Lake Tärna)
Thailand	Inner Gulf of Thailand
Thailand	Nong Bong Kai
Ukraine	Syvash Bay
Vietnam	Nghia Hung
Vietnam	Tien Lang
Vietnam	Xuan Thuy

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels)	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Ponds (below 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Salt Exploitation Sites	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Wastewater Treatment Areas	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Boreal	suitable	breeding
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded	suitable	non-breeding
Grassland	Tundra	suitable	breeding
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Mud Flats and Salt Flats	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Subarctic	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Saline, Brackish or Alkaline Lakes	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Tundra Wetlands (incl. pools and temporary waters from snowmelt)	suitable	breeding
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threats & impact

Threat (level 1)

Threat (level 2)

Impact and Stresses

Biological resource use

Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - Unintentional effects: (large scale) [harvest]

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Ongoing

Minority (<50%)

Slow, Significant Declines

Low Impact: 5

Stresses
Indirect ecosystem effects

Biological resource use

Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Ongoing

Minority (<50%)

Slow, Significant Declines

Low Impact: 5

Stresses
Indirect ecosystem effects

Climate change & severe weather

Habitat shifting & alteration

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Future

Whole (>90%)

Unknown

Stresses
Indirect ecosystem effects, Ecosystem degradation

Natural system modifications

Dams & water management/use - Abstraction of ground water (unknown use)

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Ongoing

Minority (<50%)

Negligible declines

Low Impact: 4

Stresses
Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

Natural system modifications

Dams & water management/use - Abstraction of surface water (unknown use)

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Ongoing

Minority (<50%)

Negligible declines

Low Impact: 4

Stresses
Ecosystem degradation

Natural system modifications

Dams & water management/use - Dams (size unknown)

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Ongoing

Minority (<50%)

Negligible declines

Low Impact: 4

Stresses
Ecosystem degradation

Natural system modifications

Other ecosystem modifications

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Ongoing

Minority (<50%)

Slow, Significant Declines

Low Impact: 5

Stresses
Ecosystem degradation

Utilisation

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international
Sport hunting/specimen collecting	subsistence, national

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/spotted-redshank-tringa-erythropus on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.