Great knot
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For the fell in Cumbria, England, see Crinkle Crags.
The great knot (Calidris tenuirostris) is a small wader. It is the largest species of the genus Calidris. They are a migratory bird which breeds in Siberia, Russia, and flies to southern Asia and Australia in the northern winter.
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Great knot | |
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Nonbreeding | |
Breeding | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Scolopacidae |
Genus: | Calidris |
Species: | C. tenuirostris |
Binomial name | |
Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821) | |
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