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Tringa erythropus (Spotted
redshank)
Gevlekte rooipootruiter [Afrikaans]; Zwarte ruiter
[Dutch]; Chevalier arlequin [French]; Dunkler wasserläufer [German];
Perna-vermelha-escuro [Portuguese]
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Opisthokonta
> Metazoa (animals) >
Bilateria >
Deuterostomia > Chordata >
Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates) > Gnathostomata (jawed
vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class:
Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned
fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial
vertebrates) > Tetrapoda
(four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota >
Reptilia (reptiles) >
Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria >
Dinosauria
(dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) >
Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves
(birds) >
Order: Charadriiformes > Family: Scolopacidae
Distribution and habitat
Mainly breeds in the tundra from northern Scandinavia to
eastern Siberia, heading south in the non-breeding season to the region from
Pakistan to south-eastern China and Africa between 0-25° North, rarely moving
further to southern Africa. Here it has been sighted approximately seven times
at the Caprivi Strip, Namibia, southern Mozambique, north-eastern Zimbabwe,
Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, with all records in the period from
December-February. It generally prefers sheltered inland wetlands, such as
lakes, farm dams and sewage works.
References
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Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ and Ryan PG 2005. Roberts
- Birds of southern Africa, VIIth ed. The Trustees of the John Voelcker
Bird Book Fund, Cape Town.
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