Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris): Photos, Range and Facts

Overview

The great knot (Calidris tenuirostris) 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 in the northern winter.

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Where to see it

Destination guides featuring this bird

Australia Broome and Roebuck Bay Tropical mudflats hosting shorebirds from Siberia and Alaska.

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China Rudong mudflats Vast Yellow Sea tidal flats: a critical stopover for the world's rarest shorebirds.

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Range and habitat

Breeds montane tundra of northeastern Siberia from Yakutsk eastward to Anadyr Peninsula; winters coasts from northeastern Arabian Peninsula eastward to Taiwan, Phillipines, and Australia.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.