<h2><span style="color:#000000"><strong>About Great Knot:</strong></span></h2>

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	<li><span style="color:#000000">The Great Knot is an international migratory wading bird that travels vast distances between the northern hemisphere breeding grounds and southern hemisphere summer feeding grounds.</span></li>
	<li><span style="color:#000000">The Great Knot is a medium-sized shorebird with a straight, slender bill of medium length and a heavily streaked head and neck.</span></li>
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<h3><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Scientific name:</strong>&nbsp;Calidris tenuirostris</span></h3>

<h3><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Species author:</strong>&nbsp;(Horsfield, 1821)</span></h3>

<h3><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Distribution:</strong></span></h3>

<ul>
	<li><span style="color:#000000">Great Knots occur around coastal areas in many parts of Australia during the southern summer.</span></li>
	<li><span style="color:#000000">They breed in eastern Siberia, and when on migration they occur throughout coastal regions of eastern and South East Asia.</span></li>
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<h3><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Habitat:</strong></span></h3>

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	<li><span style="color:#000000">In Australia, Great Knots inhabit intertidal mudflats and sandflats in sheltered coasts, including bays harbours and estuaries.</span></li>
	<li><span style="color:#000000">They forage on the moist mud, and they often roost on beaches or in nearby low vegetation, such as mangroves or dune vegetation.</span></li>
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<h3><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Conservation:</strong></span></h3>

<ul>
	<li><span style="color:#000000"><strong>IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:</strong>&nbsp;Endangered</span></li>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#000000">Source :</span>&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/russian-bird-comes-calling-on-keralas-coast-for-a-winter-sojourn/article66160235.ece" target="_blank">The Hindu</a></p>

Great Knot

Overview:

A great knot from Russia, belonging to the endangered Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821), has found its way to Kerala’s coast, flying over 9,000 km for a winter sojourn. Recently many juvenile great knots have been tagged with MOSKVA rings in the Kamchatka peninsula in eastern Russia.

About Great Knot:

Scientific name: Calidris tenuirostris

Species author: (Horsfield, 1821)

Distribution:

Habitat:

Conservation: