Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris
Family Scolopacidae
Critically Endangered — AUS: Vulnerable, NSW: Vulnerable, QLD: Vulnerable, VIC: Vulnerable, SA: Endangered, WA: CR, NT: Critically Endangered, Bonn: Listed, CAMBA: Listed, JAMBA: Listed, ROKAMBA: Listed
About
The great knot is a medium-sized wader. It is one of the largest species in the genus Calidris. It is a migratory bird which breeds in eastern Siberia, Russia, and flies to southern Asia and Australia in the northern winter.
How to spot it
Real occurrence confirmed near Torndirrup National Park (Atlas of Living Australia, 1981) — no separate physical description was available on Wikipedia for this species, see the source link for more.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Torndirrup National Park — Albany & the Great Southern, WA hikes