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Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris [Horsfield, 1821]
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Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Scolopacidae
BTO Codes:
KO ,
EURING No:
4950
Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
Not evaluated
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
27 cm
Wingspan:
64 cm
Weight:
-
Scientific name from:
Gr.: kalidris =grey waterside bird described by Aristotle
and L.: tenuis =slender + rostris =billed
World Distribution:
BREEDS ne Siberia, WINTERS: s Asia & Australia
Habitat:
Tundra, on migration coastal
Diet:
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Shetland, 1989
(Ellis, P.M. 1992. British Birds 85:426-430)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
3
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Shetland
(1989),
North-east England:
Cleveland
(1996),
North-west England:
Lancashire
(2004),
English Midlands:
No Records
Eastern England:
No Records
South-east England:
No Records
South-west England:
No Records
Wales:
No Records
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish:
Sortbrystet ryle
Dutch:
Grote kanoet
Finnish:
Kaitanokkasirri
French:
Bécasseau d'Anadyr
German:
Großer Knutt
Hungarian:
Vekonycsoru partfutó
Icelandic:
Dreyrbrystingur
Irish:
Italian:
Piovanello beccosottile
Norwegian:
Sibirisnipe
Polish:
Biegus wielki
Portuguese:
Seixoeira-grande
Spanish:
Correlimos de Bering
Swedish:
Större kustsnäppa
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