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    (c) Oscar Ho, all rights reserved

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    (c) Анна Голубева, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    (c) Uday Tarphe, all rights reserved

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    (c) Kim, Hyun-tae, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Ryan Shaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Scott Bowers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Great Knot

Calidris tenuirostris

IUCN Red List status: Endangered

IUCN Red List status

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3,402 observations
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About

The great knot (Calidris tenuirostris) is a small wader. It is the largest of the calidrid species. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific tenuirostris is from Latin tenuis "slender" and rostrum "bill".

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