Editing Common redshank (section)

==Taxonomy==
The common redshank was [[Species description|formally described]] by the Swedish naturalist [[Carl Linnaeus]] in 1758 in the [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|tenth edition]] of his ''[[Systema Naturae]]'' under the [[binomial nomenclature|binomial name]] ''Scolopax totanus''.<ref>{{cite book | last=Linnaeus | first=Carl | author-link=Carl Linnaeus | year=1758 | title= Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis | volume=1 | edition=10th | page=145 | publisher=Laurentii Salvii | location=Holmiae (Stockholm) | language=Latin | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727052 }}</ref> It is now placed with twelve other species in the [[genus]] ''[[Tringa]]'' that Linnaeus had introduced in 1758.<ref>{{cite book | last=Linnaeus | first=Carl | author-link=Carl Linnaeus | year=1758 | title= Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis | volume=1 | edition=10th | page=148 | publisher=Laurentii Salvii | location=Holmiae (Stockholm) | language=Latin | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727055 }}</ref><ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=July 2021 | title=Sandpipers, snipes, coursers | work=IOC World Bird List Version 11.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/sandpipers/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=20 November 2021 }}</ref> The genus name ''Tringa'' is the [[Neo-Latin]] name given to the [[green sandpiper]] by the Italian naturalist [[Ulisse Aldrovandi]] in 1603 based on [[Ancient Greek]] ''trungas'', a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by [[Aristotle]]. The specific ''totanus'' is from {{Lang|it|Tótano}}, the Italian name for this bird.<ref name=job>{{cite book |last=Jobling |first=James A |year=2010|title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm |location=London |isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 |page=[https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n388 388], [https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n390 390]}}</ref>

Six [[subspecies]] are recognised:<ref name=ioc/>
* ''T. t. robusta'' ([[Eiler Lehn Schiøler|Schiøler]], 1919)<ref name=Schioler1919/> – breeds in [[Iceland]] and the [[Faroe Islands]]; non-breeding around the British Isles and west Europe
* ''T. t. totanus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – breeds in west, north Europe to west Siberia; winters in Africa, India and Indonesia
* ''T. t. ussuriensis'' [[Sergei Buturlin|Buturlin]], 1934<ref name=Buturlin1934/> – breeds in southern Siberia, Mongolia and east Asia; non-breeding in Africa, India and southeast Asia
* ''T. t. terrignotae'' [[Richard Meinertzhagen|Meinertzhagen, R.]] & [[Annie Meinertzhagen|Meinertzhagen, A.]], 1926 – breeds in southern Manchuria and eastern China; non-breeding in east and southeast Asia 
* ''T. t. craggi'' Hale, 1971 – breeds in northwest China; non-breeding in east and southeast Asia
* ''T. t. eurhina'' ([[Harry C. Oberholser|Oberholser]], 1900)<ref name=Oberholser1900/> – breeds in [[Tajikistan]], north India and Tibet;<ref name=Hale1971/> non-breeding in India and the [[Malay Peninsula]]