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Common Redshank

Tringa totanus

Description:

Common Redshanks in breeding plumage are a marbled brown color, slightly lighter below. In winter plumage they become somewhat lighter-toned and less patterned, being rather plain greyish-brown above and whitish below. They have red legs and a black-tipped red bill, and show white up the back and on the wings in flight.

Notes:

this bird was spotted in a lagoon in Bundala

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Hambantota, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Jan 6, 2013
Submitted on Jan 6, 2013

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