Red Knot

Calidris canutus - Bécasseau maubèche

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Scolopacidés

  • Genus
    :

    Calidris

  • Species
    :

    canutus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 25 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 45 à 54 cm.
  • Weight
    : 125 à 215 g
Longevity

16 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Bécasseau maubèche
adult plum. breeding
Bécasseau maubèche
adult plum. breeding

Red Knot (Calidris canutus) is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

  • Calidris canutus canutus (nc Siberia)
  • Calidris canutus piersmai (New Siberian Arch.)
  • Calidris canutus rogersi (Chukotsk Pen.. e Siberia.)
  • Calidris canutus roselaari (Wrangel I.. ne Siberia. , nw Alaska)
  • Calidris canutus rufa (n Canada)
  • Calidris canutus islandica (islands off n Canada, n Greenland)

Foreign names

  • Bécasseau maubèche,
  • Correlimos gordo,
  • seixoeira-comum,
  • Knutt,
  • sarki partfutó,
  • Kanoet,
  • Piovanello maggiore,
  • kustsnäppa,
  • Polarsnipe,
  • pobrežník hrdzavý,
  • jespák rezavý,
  • Islandsk Ryle,
  • isosirri,
  • Knoet,
  • territ gros,
  • Rauðbrystingur,
  • biegus rdzawy,
  • lielais šņibītis,
  • veliki prodnik,
  • Исландский песочник,
  • Kedidi merah,
  • コオバシギ,
  • 红腹滨鹬,
  • นกน็อตเล็ก,
  • 紅腹濱鷸〔漂鷸〕,

Voice song and cries

Bécasseau maubèche
adult plum. post breeding

Habitat

Bécasseau maubèche
adult plum. breeding

Grassland : Tundra ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Tidepools

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Bécasseau maubèche
published: - Updated: 02-09-2008
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