English: Common Redshank, Redshank
Russian: Травник
Mongolian: Улаанхөлт хөгчүү
German: Rotschenkel
French: Chevalier gambette
Japanese: アカアシシギ (Akaashi-shigi)
Body length: 27-29 cm
Wing span: 59-66 cm
Breeding visitor
Breeding season: May-August
Egg number: 4 (occasionally 3, 5)
Egg colour: Creamy buff with blackish or
reddish-brown blotches, specks.
Brood: 1 per year
Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least Concern
Food: Arthropods, annelid worms and their
larvae.
Habitat: Inhabits wet grasslands, grassy
marshes and swamps, and wet meadows with tussocks and marsh grasses. Nest is on
the ground, a hollow lined with nearby plants, usually well hidden in
grass-tufts. On migration, it occurs on lake shores, river banks, and on the
edges of different wetlands such as pools, ponds, saline lakes, and oases.