Red Knot

Scientific Name: Calidris canutus

Red Knot Fact File

Distribution: Widespread in Australia

Conservation Status: Near Threatened

Subspecies: Six

• C. c. canutus: North-central Siberia
• C. c. piersmai: New Siberian Archapelago
• C. c. rogersi: Chukotsk Peninsula (eastern Siberia)
• C. c. roselaari: Wrangel Island (north-eastern Siberia), north-western Alaska
• C. c. rufa: Northern Canada
• C. c. islandica: Islands off northern Canada and northern Greenland

Further Reading: How are waders being affected by warming tundra?

Current conservation efforts

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