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Knight gambette

The Gambette Redhorse, scientifically named Tringa totanus, is a shorebird (which lives near shorelines) living throughout Europe, throughout Asia in Africa, Oceania, the Arctic, North America and Brazil.

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It is part of the Scolopacidae family, and of the order Charadriiformes.

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He is recognizable by his gray and slightly spotted head and back. Its belly is beige with brown spots. Its beak is orange and black and its legs are orange.

In the gambette knight, it is impossible to recognize the male from the female.

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It feeds mainly on crustaceans, molluscs, worms and insects.

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The gambette knight lives in the marshes, and by the sea.

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It nests in monogamous pair, that is to say, that throughout its life, it will remain with the same partner, in the vegetation. It lays 4 eggs .

It is a noisy species.

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On the IUCN conservation status it is: LC Least concern.

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Redhorse adult breeding plumage

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