RED KNOT

Photographed at Miranda, New Zealand, June 2017

(*  538)                  RED KNOT               Calidris canutus 

NEW ZEALAND             84

Breeds in Holistic; migrates to tropics and Southern Hemisphere; second most common migrant wader to New Zealand estuaries, c. 30,000 birds. Favours north and western estuaries. 24 cm.

RED KNOT

Photographed at Thompson's Beach, South Australia March 2015

538        RED KNOT           Calidris canutus

Australia          (379)

Ranges around entire coast of Australia mainland and Tasmania; Breeds in Arctic Circle; birds from n.-c and ne. Siberia and n. Alaska migrate regularly to Australia. Found on tidal mudflats, sandblast, beaches, salt marshes, flooded pastures and ploughed land. 23-26 cm.