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Common Redshank on Titchwell beach #234060074
Description
The common redshank or simply redshank is a Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae. The genus name Tringa is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle.Scientific name: Tringa totanusPhylum: ChordataFamily: ScolopacidaeOrder: CharadriiformesKingdom: Animalia