Great Knot Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Calidris tenuirostris
Family : Scolopacidae
Order : Charadriiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Eastern Knot
Habitat : Coast
Description : The Great Knot is a medium sized grey shore bird that looks darker in the summer (adult bird length approximately 27 cm, weight 135 g, wing 17.5 cm, bill 4.3 cm, tarsus 3.5 cm, tail 6.5 cm). In the non-breeding season, it looks greyish from above and white from below. It has an indistinct white supercilium. It feeds on molluscs, insects and other marine creatures.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Calidris alpina
(Dunlin) -
Tringa stagnatilis
(Marsh Sandpiper) -
Tringa nebularia
(Common Greenshank) -
Calidris subminuta
(Long‑toed Stint) -
Calidris falcinellus
(Broad‑billed Sandpiper) -
Scolopax rusticola
(Eurasian Woodcock) -
Calidris alba
(Sanderling) -
Numenius phaeopus
(Whimbrel) -
Tringa glareola
(Wood Sandpiper) -
Limnodromus scolopaceus
(Long-billed Dowitcher)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Omar Shahadat (Department of Zoology,Jagannath University,Dhaka);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Thijs Fijen(www.xeno-canto.org/Thijs Fijen), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Omar Shahadat (Department of Zoology,Jagannath University,Dhaka);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Thijs Fijen(www.xeno-canto.org/Thijs Fijen), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.