Red knot
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The red knot or just knot is a medium-sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is the type species of the genus Calidris. Six
Rufa red knot in Delaware Bay, New Jersey
Red Knot 1 Boat Harbour
Large flocks of C. c. islandica winter in the coastal marshes of Britain, along with other waders. The Wash, Norfolk.
Nonbreeding adult
Great knot
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The great knot is a medium-sized wader. It is one of the largest species in the genus Calidris. It is a migratory bird which breeds in eastern Siberia, Russia, and flies to southern Asia and Australia
Red knot
…The red knot was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae as Tringa canutus. The red knot and the great knot were originally the only two species placed in the genus Calidris, but many other species of sandpiper were subsequently added. A 2004 study found that…
Calidris tenuirostris, Nadezhdinsky, Primorsky Krai, Russia 1
Calidris tenuirostris Laem Phak Bia
Great knots at Lee Point, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia