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Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)

Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)

About Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Pelicans
  • Family: Sandpipers and Allies

The great knot is a small 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 in the northern winter.

Source: Wikipedia

Visits

  • 2012-11-06

    Cairns Esplanade, Australia
    Believed to be Great Knot, but please see photo.
    Image from 2012-11-06
  • 2013-02-02

    Pak Thale, Thailand