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Great knot

Great knot
Nonbreeding
Breeding
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Calidris
Species:
C. tenuirostris
Binomial name
Calidris tenuirostris
(Horsfield, 1821)

The great knot (Calidris tenuirostris) is a small wader. It is the largest species of the genus Calidris. They are a migratory bird which breeds in Siberia, Russia, and flies to southern Asia and Australia in the northern winter.

  1. ^ BirdLife International]] (2019) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Calidris tenuirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22693359A155482913. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693359A155482913.en. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference sprat was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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