Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Sandpipers and Allies :: Great Knot

Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris

Described by: Horsfield (1821)
Alternate common name(s): Eastern Greater Knot, Great Sandpiper
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - May 17, 2001 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - May 17, 2001 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Apr 12, 2003 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Apr 12, 2003 © William Hull  Sanbanze, Chiba, Japan - Oct 19, 2002 © William Hull 
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Range

Ne. Asia;
Ne. Siberia from the lower Kolyma River e. to Anadyrland and probably from the Verkhoyansk Mountains e. to the Sea of Okhotsk. During migration occurs in South Korea (Saemankeum), e. China at Mai Po Marsh, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Winters in se. Arabia, Pakistan, sw. and e. India, s. Asia, the Philippines and Australia in coastal regions of Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland (Cairns Esplanade), New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.

Videos

Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - May 17, 2001 Source: William Hull
Description: None

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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