Great knot
| Great knot | |
|---|---|
| Breeding plumage, Primorsky Krai, Russia | |
| Winter plumage, Thailand | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Calidris |
| Species: | C. tenuirostris
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| Binomial name | |
| Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821)
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The great knot (Calidris tenuirostris) is a small wader. It is one of the largest species in the genus Calidris. It is a migratory bird which breeds in eastern Siberia, Russia, and flies to southern Asia and Australia in the northern winter.