Red Knot

Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Red Knot, Calidris canutus, breeds in the high Arctic tundra of North America and the Palearctic, including Greenland, Siberia and the Chukotskiy Peninsula. Outside the breeding season it is found on coasts across the world, from temperate regions to the tropics, with a strong presence in western Australia and in New Zealand, though it is scarce on other remote islands in the Pacific. It is a shorebird in the sandpiper family, and six subspecies are recognised.

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes

Breeding range

North America, Palearctic: patchily in high Arctic (mainly) tundra of Holarctic: nw, e Greenland, nc Siberia, islands n of nc and ne Siberia, and n Chukotskiy Pen. (ne Siberia)

Nonbreeding range

SA, Europe, AF, AU : coasts worldwide from temperate zone to tropics; in Indian Ocean mainly w Australia, and in Pacific in New Zealand but rare on other remote islands