Appearance
This is a large wader, measuring 29–31 cm long, with a wingspan of 61–67 cm and a weight ranging from 121 to 205 g. It is black in breeding plumage, and very pale in winter. It has a red legs and bill, and shows a white oval on the back in flight. Juveniles are grey-brown finely speckled white above, and have pale, finely barred underparts. The call is a creaking whistle "teu-it", the alarm call a "kyip-kyip-kyip".
Status
The spotted redshank is one of the species to which the "Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds" applies.
Habitat
The spotted redshank breeds in the Arctic across much of Eurasia, from Lapland in the west to Chukotskaya in the east.
Reproduction
It nests on open boggy taiga, laying four eggs in a ground scrape. For breeding the bird moults to a black to dark grey with white spots. During breeding plumage the legs also turn a dark grey. See image alongside.
Food
Like most waders, it feeds on small invertebrates.
Predators
The spotted redshank is one of the species to which the "Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds" applies.References:
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