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Great knot

Birds

The great knot is a medium sized wader and one of the largest species in the genus Calidris. It is a migratory bird that breeds in eastern Siberia, Russia, and travels to southern Asia and Australia for the northern winter. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Omnivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G4 Apparently Secure 4
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Scientific Name
Calidris tenuirostris 3
Conservation Status
Endangered 6
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Calidris, Taxa
Source Great knot (Wikidata)

In Biome

Tundra, Biomes
Source Great knot (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Australia

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Ireland

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New Zealand

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North America

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Norway

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Spain

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Taiwan

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Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. Great knot (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q18876 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): endangered.
  • Child Taxon Of: Calidris, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon)
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4. NatureServe Explorer: Calidris tenuirostris
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G4"
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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Aves
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Aves","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Aves","language":"ES"},{"name":"Birds","language":"EN"},{"name":"Oiseaux","language":"FR"},{"name":"鸟纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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6. Great knot (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: status
    EN
  • In Biome: Tundra, Distribution
    Their breeding habitat is tundra in northeast Siberia, Russia.
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Calidris
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 1605
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 1605
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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