Red knot: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the red knot lives – recorded in 60 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Calidris canutus
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	60 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Mass	19.3 g (birth weight); 126 g (male organism, adult weight); 148 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Scolopacidae

Where does the red knot live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the red knot in 60 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Brazil, South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a red knot?

Wikidata records the following for the red knot: mass 19.3 g (birth weight); 126 g (male organism, adult weight); 148 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the red knot endangered?

The red knot’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the red knot?

The red knot (Calidris canutus) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Scolopacidae, genus Calidris. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the red knot

The red knot or just knot (Calidris canutus) is a medium-sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is the type species of the genus Calidris. Six subspecies are recognised.

Their diet varies according to season; arthropods and larvae are the preferred food items at the breeding grounds, while various hard-shelled molluscs are consumed at other feeding sites at other times. North American breeders migrate to coastal areas in Europe and South America, while the Eurasian populations winter in Africa, Papua New Guinea, Australia, and New Zealand. This species forms enormous flocks when not breeding.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Red knot (revision 1380874445), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q27124 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).