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Look for Red Knots on sandy beaches and mudflats along the coasts during migration and winter (May and September are the best times in much of North America). Though their nonbreeding plumage is an indistinct gray and white, you can quickly learn to recognize the plump shape, medium-length bill, and relative size—larger than Sanderlings ...
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Red Knots are plump, neatly proportioned sandpipers that in...
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Red Knots are plump, neatly proportioned sandpipers that in...
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The rufous-breasted Red Knot, once known as the "Robin Snipe," is a champion long-distance migrant, flying more than 9,000 miles from south to north every spring, then reversing the trip every autumn. At last count, one tagged Red Knot was at least 19 years old.
Migration & Range Maps. A few winter on southern coasts of the United States, but many go to southern South America for the winter. Some birds nesting in far northern Canada apparently fly across Greenland ice cap in fall, to winter in Britain and Europe.
In the breeding season, the red knot has a circumpolar distribution in the high Arctic, then migrates to coasts around the world from 50° N to 58° S. The red knot has one of the longest migrations of any bird.
3 Available Maps. Species Migration. Species Connections. Conservation Challenges. Species Migration Maps show the movements of a single species as it travels throughout the hemisphere each year. Learn more about this map. Related Links. Dec 31 - Dec 31. See where the Red Knot travels throughout the hemisphere each year.
Overview. A robin-sized shorebird, the rufa red knot is truly a master of long-distance aviation. On wingspans of 20 inches, some rufa red knots fly more than 9,300 miles from south to north every spring, and repeat the trip in reverse every autumn, making this bird one of the longest-distance migrants in the animal kingdom.
