COMMON REDSHANK

Photographed in Singapore (Sungei Buloh Wetlands) November 2016

(see   804)              COMMON REDSHANK               Tringa totanus

SINGAPORE (Sungei Buloh Wetlands)             (82)

Common migrant to coastal mudflats, freshwater marshes and wet grassland. 28 cm. Distribution: breeds across Eurasia, including much of Europe, Central Asia, Tibetan Plateau, NE China and E Russia; winters in Africa, Middle East, Indian sub-continent, Southeast Asia and Australia.

Note: Four subspecies: craggi, eurhina, terrignotae, ussuriensis which can only be distinguished from each other confidently when inbreeding plumage.