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Great KnotAlternate name(s): "Japanese Knot", "Stripe-crowned Knot", "Great Sandpiper" Size: 26-28 cm; wing span 62-66 cm Weight: 130-230 g |
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See Great
Knot at Wikipedia |
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
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BREEDING |
Frontal and lateral views of Great Knots in near-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Wellington Point, near Brisbane, QLD, March 2019]
Near-lateral view of a Great Knot in near-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Wellington Point, near Brisbane, QLD, March 2019]
Lateral view of a Great Knot in near-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Wellington Point, near Brisbane, QLD, March 2019]
Lateral view of a Red Knot
in breeding plumage,
front, together with a Great Knot in breeding plumage, right, a second Great Knot
in non-breeding plumage,
centre, and two Greater
Sand Plovers in non-breeding
plumage in the background
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[East Point, Darwin, NT, March 2013]
Lateral view of a number of Great Knots in both breeding
plumage (dark chest)
and non-breeding plumage,
together with a few
Red Knots, one of
which in near-breeding
plumage (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[East Point, Darwin, NT, March 2013]
Flock of Great Knots in both breeding
plumage (dark chest)
and non-breeding plumage,
together with some
Red Knots, one of
which in near-breeding
plumage (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Lee Point, Darwin, NT, March 2020]
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NON-BREEDING |
Frontal view of a Great Knot in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Alfred Cove, Swan River, Perth, WA, in January 2017]
Near-lateral view of two Great Knots in non-breeding
plumage, left,
together with two
Red Knots, also
in non-breeding
plumage (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Lee Point, Darwin, NT, July 2017]
Lateral view of Great Knots in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Alfred Cove, Swan River, Perth, WA, in January 2017]
Part of a flock of Great Knots in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Lee Point, Darwin, NT, February 2020]
Large flock of Great Knots in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Lee Point, Darwin, NT, January 2016]
Small flock of Great Knots with one Red Knots - the bird in front,
with a bill that is as long as the size of the head
(photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Alfred Cove, Swan River, Perth, WA, in January 2017]
Small flock of Great Knots with two Red Knots - the bird in the
middle with its bill under water and the one on the far right
(photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Alfred Cove, Swan River, Perth, WA, in January 2017]
Lateral view of a Great Knot with two green bands; click on image
to see the surrounding
mob of Bar-tailed
Godwits
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Toorbul wader roost, Brisbane, QLD, January 2018]
Lateral view of Great Knots; click on image to see the surrounding
mob of Bar-tailed
Godwits (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Toorbul wader roost, Brisbane, QLD, January 2018]
Small flock of Great Knots in flight
(photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Alfred Cove, Swan River, Perth, WA, in January 2017]
Small flock of Great Knots in flight
(photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Alfred Cove, Swan River, Perth, WA, in January 2017]
Flock of mostly Great Knots in flight, together with a few
Red Knots and two
Black-tailed Godwits
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[East Point, Darwin, NT, March 2013]
Flock of mostly Great Knots in flight, together with a few
Red Knots
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[East Point, Darwin, NT, December 2015]
Great Knots coming in to land; note that the bird just below the
centre is banded (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[East Point, Darwin, NT, December 2015]