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
None
Gallery
All photographs by Elis Simpson – Wader Quest