Editing Common redshank (section)

==Distribution and habitat==
The common redshank is a widespread breeding bird across [[Palearctic|temperate Eurasia]]. It is a [[bird migration|migratory]] species, wintering on coasts around the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic coast of Europe from Ireland and Great Britain southwards, and in South Asia. They are uncommon [[Vagrancy (biology)|vagrants]] outside these areas; on [[Palau]] in [[Micronesia]] for example, the species was recorded in the mid-1970s and in 2000.<ref name=Wiles2004/>
A tagged redshank was spotted at Manakudi Bird Sanctuary, [[Kanniyakumari District]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]] in the month of April 2021.<ref>Two Tagged migratory birds spotted in salt pans in Manakudy bird reserve, The Hindu, Thiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu Edition, India, pp4, 12.04.2021. thehindu.com</ref> They have been rarely observed in North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.narba.org/default.aspx/MenuItemID/104/MenuGroup/Home.htm |title=NARBA North American Rare Bird Alert |url-access=registration  |access-date=January 17, 2011 |archive-date=January 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110118224253/http://www.narba.org/default.aspx/MenuItemID/104/MenuGroup/Home.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the Caribbean, there is one record of a common redshank in [[Guadeloupe]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-24 |title=ML202718101 - Common Redshank - Macaulay Library |url=https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/202718101 |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=macaulaylibrary.org}}</ref> They have also been observed in South America, primarily in Brazil,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Add Tringa totanus (Common Redshank) to main list |url=https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop939.htm |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=www.museum.lsu.edu}}</ref> with an additional record of the species in Colombia.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=de Schauensee |first=Rodolphe Meyer |date=1959 |title=Additions to the "Birds of the Republic of Colombia" |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4064506?seq=2 |journal=Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia |volume=111 |pages=53–75 |issn=0097-3157}}</ref>

[[File:Tringa totanus MWNH 0210.JPG|thumb|Eggs, [[Museum Wiesbaden]]]]