Calidris canutus
Red Knot


© Photo: P. Prokosch

Species Fact Sheet
Species: Calidris canutus
Family: Scolopacidae
Common: Red Knot (English), Correlimos Gordo (Spanish), Bècasseau maubèche (French), Исландский песочник (Russian)
Distribution See Distribution Map or Flyway Map
Breeding habitat: High Arctic desert and mountain tundra
Habitat on migration: Coastal mudflats
Population
Name
AEWA Status
Lower/Upper
Trend
Year
Global
-
1 251 000 - 1 341 000
?
1997





Taymyr Peninsular and Severnaya Zemlaya / Westren and Southern Africa (C. c. canutus)
516 000 (260 000)
STA (DEC)
1997 (1999)
Northeast Canada and Greenland / Iceland and Northwest Europe (C. c. islandica)
345 000 (400 000)
STA (STA?)
1997 (1999)
Further Information
Sounds
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