Red Knot / Calidris canutus
| Red Knot bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | NT - Near threatened |
| Synonyms | Huahou, American Knot, Robin Snipe, Lesser Knot, Grayback, Red-breasted Sandpiper, Common Knot, Knot, European Knot |
| Old latin name for bird | Tringa canutus, Tringa calidris |
| Order | Shorebirds / Charadriiformes |
| Family | Sandpipers, Snipes / Scolopacidae |
| Genus | Calidris |
| Breeding region | Eurasia, North America |
| Breeding subregion | patchily in high Arctic (mainly) tundra of Holarctic: nw, e Greenland, nc Siberia, islands n of nc and ne Siberia, and n Chukotskiy Pen. (ne Siberia) |
| Non breeding region | SA, Europe, AF, AU : coasts worldwide from temperate zone to tropics; in Indian Ocean mainly w Australia, and in Pacific in New Zealand but rare on other remote islands |
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Related species
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Great Knot
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Long-toed Stint
Curlew Sandpiper
Dunlin
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Where to see Red Knot
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chile
- China
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Colombia
- Congo
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Estonia
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Guiana
- French Southern Territories
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Martinique
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- Norfolk Island
- North Korea
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Virgin Islands (British)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Åland Islands
Red Knot subspecies (6)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calidris canutus canutus | Taymyr Pen. (nc Siberia) | w, s Africa | No |
| Calidris canutus islandica | far n Canadian islands, n Greenland and probably Svalbard (n of Norway) | w Europe and Mediterranean | No |
| Calidris canutus piersmai | New Siberian Is. (n of nc Siberia) | to nw Australia | No |
| Calidris canutus rogersi | Chukotskiy Pen. (e Siberia) | Australasia | No |
| Calidris canutus roselaari | Wrangel I. (n of ne Siberia) and nw Alaska | Pacific coasts of North and Central America | No |
| Calidris canutus rufa | central Arctic islands of nc Canada | Gulf of Mexico to se South America | No |
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Knoet |
| Albanian | Gjelëza e madhe |
| Arabic | الطيطوى الشمالية رهيز, دريجة حمراء, الطيطوى الشمالية |
| Azerbaijani | Islandiya qumluq cüllütü, İslandiya qumluq cüllütü, İslandiya qumluqcası |
| Basque | Txirri lodi, Territ gros , Txirri lodia |
| Belarusian | Ісландскі пясочнік, Ісландскi пясочнiк, Пясочнік ісландскі |
| Bengali | লাল নট, রার নট |
| Breton | Sourouc'han morlerek, Ar sourouc'han morlerek |
| Bulgarian | Голям брегобегач |
| Catalan | Corriol gros, territ gros, Territ pectoral |
| Chinese | [piao-yu], 漂鷸, 漂鹬, [hong-fu bin-yu], 紅腹濱鷸, 红腹滨鹬 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 紅腹濱鷸, 紅腹濱鷸〔漂鷸〕, 漂鷸 |
| Cornish | Knut |
| Croatian | Sivi žalar, Rdasti Žalar, hrđasti žalar, Rđasti Žalar |
| Czech | jespák rezavý |
| Danish | Islandsk Ryle |
| Dutch | Kanoetstrandloper, Kanoet, Kanoest strandloper |
| Esperanto | Kanuto, ruĝa kalidro, granda kalidro |
| Estonian | suurrüdi (suurrisla), Suurrisla, suurrüdi e. suurrisla, suurrüdi |
| Faroese | Íslandsgrælingur |
| Finnish | isosirri |
| French | Bécasseau à poitrine rousse, Bécasseau maubèche |
| Frisian | Mients |
| Galician | Pilro groso, Pilro gordo, Territ gros |
| Georgian | ისლანდიური მექვიშია |
| German | Knutt |
| Greek | Διπλονεραλλίδι, Κοκκινοσκαλίδρα, Χοντροσκαλίδρα |
| Guarani | Chululu'i |
| Hebrew | חופית להקנית |
| Hungarian | sarki partfutó |
| Icelandic | Rauðbrystingur |
| Indonesian | Kedidi merah, Burung Kedidi Merah |
| Inuktitut | Qajorlak |
| Irish | Cnota |
| Italian | Piovanello maggiore, Pivanello maggiore |
| Japanese | コオバシギ |
| Kazakh | Исландия құмдауығы, Исландия құмдауғы |
| Korean | 붉은가슴도요 |
| Latvian | lielais šņibītis, Rudens šņibītis |
| Lithuanian | islandinis bėgikas, Islandinis begikas |
| Luxembourgish | Knutt |
| Macedonian | Голем свиркач |
| Malay | Burung Kedidi Dian Kecil, Kedidi Dian Kecil |
| Malayalam | ചെമ്പൻ നട്ട് |
| Maltese | Pispisella Prima, pluverotti żgħar, girwiel irmiedi, Girwiel Saqajh Qosra, girwiel tal-ħarifa |
| Manx | Coar ny traieyn |
| Maori | hua hou, Huahou |
| Mongolian | усан цууцаль, элсэг, Шармаг элсэг |
| Nepali | रातो जलरड्ढ |
| Northern Sami | Riddoviroš |
| Norwegian | Islandssneppe, polarsnipe, Polarsnipe |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Polarsnipe |
| Persian | تلیلۀ خاکستری, تلیله خاکستری |
| Polish | biegus rdzawy |
| Portuguese | seixoeira-comum, Macarico-de-colete, Sexoeira, vedeta-da-praia, maçarico-de-papo-vermelho / seixoeira, Macarico-de-papo-vermelho, maçarico-de-papo-vermelho, ruiva, Batuira-de-peito-listrado, Seixoeira |
| Romanian | Fugaci mare |
| Romansh | Rivarel grisch |
| Russian | Исландский песочник, Песочник исландский, Islandsky Pesochnik |
| Serbian | žalar (prudnik), Риди жалар, Riđi žalar, žalar, Riđi prudnik, Риђи жалар, Velika sprutka, Риђи прудник, Prudnik, Риди прудник |
| Slovak | pobrežník malý, pobrežník hrdzavý |
| Slovenian | veliki prodnik |
| Spanish | Playero ártico, Chorlo Rojizo, Alzacolita pectoral, Correlimos grande, Playero Rojizo, Playero Pectoral, Zarapico Raro, Playerito rojizo, Playero Canuto, Playero Pechirrojo, Playerito pectoral, Correlimos pechirrayado, Playero Rojo, Playero Gordo, Correlimos gordo |
| Swahili | Chokowe Mwekundu |
| Swedish | kustsnäppa |
| Thai | นกน็อทเล็ก, นกน็อตเล็ก, นกน็อตแดง |
| Turkish | Kırmızı Göğüslü Kumkuşu, Büyük Kumkuşu, Kumkuşu, Исландия құмдауығы, Büyük |
| Turkmen | island çäge çulugy |
| Ukrainian | побережник ісландський, Ісландський побережник |
| Vietnamese | Rẽ lưng nâu, Dẽ lưng nâu, Chim Rẽ lưng nâu |
| Welsh | Cnit, Myniar y traeth, Pibydd yr aber, Pibydd glas, Cnut |