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.

GREAT KNOT

Photographed at Broome Bird Observatory,Western Australia, May 2015

598        GREAT KNOT          Calidris tenuirostris

Australia         (441)

Also known as Slender-billed Knot or Striped-crowned Knot. 26-28 cm. Found in tidal mudflats, sandy ocean and bay shores; estuaries; shallow saline and freshwater wetlands. Breeds in ne. Siberia, migrates to India, s and se Asia, Indonesia, PNG and NZ. Sept-March to coastal Aust. and Tas., inland in nw Q., nw Vic. Common in Top End(NT) to coastal nw. WA, where may gather in flocks of 20 000. Some will over-winter in northern Aust.

Darwin, January 2024

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.