Species factsheet

Red Knot (Calidris canutus)

Order: Calidris canutus
Family: Sandpipers, Snipes (Scolopacidae)

Danish name: Islandsk Ryle

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

canutus

nc Siberia

piersmai

New Siberian Arch.

rogersi

Chukotsk Pen. (e Siberia)

roselaari

Wrangel I. (ne Siberia), nw Alaska

rufa

n Canada

islandica

islands off n Canada, n Greenland

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