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Red Knot

(Calidris canutus)
Alternate name(s): "Knot", "Lesser Knot", "Grey-crowned Knot"
German name(s): "Knutt"

Size: 23-25 cm; wing span 57-61 cm
Weight: 90-215 g (depending on race)

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Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Red Knot at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "canutus"

ADULT

Sex unknown

NON-BREEDING

Frontal view of a Red Knot in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, October 2017]

Near-lateral view of a Red Knot in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, October 2017]

Lateral view of a Red Knot in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, October 2017]

Lateral view of a Red Knot in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, October 2017]

Lateral view of Red Knots in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, October 2017]

Lateral view of Red Knots in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, October 2017]

Lateral view of a Red Knot in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Salinas da Fuseta, Olhao, Algarve, Portugal, November 2021]

4 Red Knots in non-breeding plumage, one of which is stretching its wings
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Salinas da Fuseta, Olhao, Algarve, Portugal, November 2021]

Near-dorsal view of a Red Knot in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Salinas da Fuseta, Olhao, Algarve, Portugal, November 2021]

Near-dorsal view of Red Knots in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Salinas da Fuseta, Olhao, Algarve, Portugal, November 2021]

Near-dorsal/dorsal view of Red Knots in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, October 2017]

Near-dorsal/dorsal view of Red Knots in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, October 2017]

Race "rogersi"

Red Knots, race "rogersi", were photographed by us in Australia.

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