Red knot

Calidris canutus
Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)

Summer plumage.
Red knoton RikenMon's Nature.Guide

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Thick sandpiper, while breeding a bright red-orange belly with brown, black, grey white marked back feathers. In winter it is paler with a grey back, white-edged feathers and a grey-white marked belly. The legs are grey-green.

Feeds in groups close to each other and move as one.

⇔ l. 23-26 cm

Migratory birds wintering north (up to the polar circle) and in winter southwards even crossing the equator. A light stripe across the wings visible when flying is characteristic for the Calidris birds.

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≈ The CALIDRIS FERRUGINEA (Curlew Sandpiper) is smaller and in breeding plumage stone red markings on its back.

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