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Red Knot

Calidris canutusOrder: CHARADRIIFORMESFamily: Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)
Red Knot Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: Dagger
  • Eye Color: Dark brown.
  • Head Pattern: Streaked, Eyering, Spotted, Unique pattern
  • Crown Color: Gray and brown.
  • Forehead Color: Rust-brown, gray and brown.
  • Nape Color: Gray and brown.
  • Throat Color: Rust-brown
  • Cere color: No Data
Red Knot Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 25-28 cm (10-11 in)
  • Weight: 125 g (4.4 oz)
  • Size: Medium (9 - 16 in)
  • Color Primary: Brown, Gray, Rufous or Rust
  • Underparts: Rust-brown breast, belly and sides; white behind the legs.
  • Upperparts: Gray, brown and black mottled.
  • Back Pattern: Mottled
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Red Knot Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.
  • Wingspan Range: 51 cm (20 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Squared Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Barred
  • Upper Tail: Gray
  • Under Tail: White
  • Leg Color: Gray-green
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Family
Species Calidris canutus
Length10 - 11 Inches
Wingspan20 Inches

Red Knot

Red Knot: Medium-sized sandpiper with black, brown and gray scaled upperparts, red-brown face, neck, breast and sides, and white lower belly. Wings show white bars in flight. Bill is black and slightly curved. Eats insects, larvae, mollusks and crabs. Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.

● Song: "quer-wer", "knut"

● Foraging & Feeding: Red Knot: Feeds on marine and freshwater invertebrates such as aquatic insects, small mollusks, and various kinds of worms; also eats seeds. Forages on the ground, probing sandy beaches with its bill.

● Breeding & nesting: Red Knot: Three to four pale olive buff eggs spotted with brown and black are laid in a ground depression lined with lichens, leaves, and moss, usually built near water. Incubation ranges from 21 to 23 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Red Knot: Curlew Sandpiper has a decurved bill and white rump. Sanderling is smaller and has black spots on breast and a bold white wing stripe.

Flight Pattern

Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.
Red Knot Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Red Knot: Breeds on islands in the arctic regions of Canada. Spends winters along Pacific and Atlantic coasts from California and Massachusetts south to South America; also found in Europe and Asia. Nests on tundra; found on tidal flats, rocky shores, and beaches during migration and winter.
BreedingMonogamous, Gregarious.
PopulationUncommon to fairly common
MigrationMigratory
Weight4.4 Ounces