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Red Knot (Calidris canutus)

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Red Knot, or just knot, is a medium-sized shorebird that breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe and Russia. It is the type species of the genus Calidris, and six subspecies are recognized.

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