Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae) - HBW 3
Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
French: Bécasseau de l'Anadyr
German: Großer Knutt
Spanish: Correlimos Grande
Other common names: Eastern/Greater Knot, Great Sandpiper
Taxonomy: Totanus tenuirostris Horsfield, 1821, Java.
In past, genus Calidris was on occasion reserved for present species and C. canutus only. Monotypic.
Distribution: NE Siberia, from Verkhoyansk Mts E to Magadan, Koryak Highlands and S Chukotskiy Peninsula; distribution poorly known. Winters mainly in SE Asia and Australia; also in Arabia, Pakistan, NW & NE India and Bangladesh.
- Least Concern
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Several birds resting at high tide Cairns, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Peter Nash 19 October 2006 3 years ago 50 sec 3.5 -
Great Knot, roosting birds in transitional plumage, mostly frontal views. Laem Pak Bia-Pak Thale, Petchaburi Province, Western Thailand, Thailand
Mark Andrews 12 February 2010 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 44 sec 3 -
Great Knot, roosting birds, mostly frontal view with Grey and Lesser Sandplover. Laem Pak Bia-Pak Thale, Petchaburi Province, Western Thailand, Thailand
Mark Andrews 10 February 2010 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 1 min 20 sec 3
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Great Knot, juvenile with a leg injury, Beidaihe, Hebei, China Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 27 October 2007 41 weeks ago 4.2 -
Great Knot, Adult winter birds with Bar-tailed Godwit, Cairns, Queensland, Australia Cairns Esplenade, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Mark Andrews 15 February 2007 41 weeks ago 4 -
Great Knot, roosting flock, Cairns, Australia Cairns Esplenade, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Mark Andrews 5 February 2007 41 weeks ago 3 -
Great Knot, adult summer, Laoting, Hebei, China Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 17 May 2007 41 weeks ago 3
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