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Red Knot

Calidris canutus

The Red Knot is a small shorebird known for its beautiful reddish-brown feathers during the breeding season. These birds are great at finding food on sandy beaches and love to travel long distances.

Lebensraum: Coastal areas

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The Red Knot is a medium-sized shorebird, distinctive in breeding season with a brick-red face and belly contrasting with its grey-brown, mottled back. In winter, they appear plainer grey above and whitish below, maintaining a relatively short, dark bill and short legs.

ReichAnimaliaStammChordataKlasseAvesOrdnungCharadriiformesFamilieScolopacidaeGattungCalidris
Red Knot
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Red Knot

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Red Knots change their feather color dramatically between summer and winter!

Some Red Knots migrate from the Arctic all the way to the tip of South America!

Their epic journey makes them one of the animal kingdom's greatest travelers.

These amazing birds can fly for days and nights without stopping to rest.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Marathon Migrator

Red Knots can fly astounding distances, over 15,000 km, because they cleverly store vast fat reserves for energy.

Fähigkeit

Sensitive Snout

Red Knots have highly sensitive bills that help them feel for hidden clams and worms buried deep in the sand.

Fähigkeit

Energy Economizer

Red Knots can temporarily shrink their digestive organs and flight muscles during migration, saving vital energy.

Maße und Details

Länge
23-26 cm
Flügelspannweite
47-53 cm
Gewicht
0.1-0.2 kg
Lebenserwartung
10-20 Jahre
Top Speed
65 km/h
Gelegegröße
3-4
Brutzeit
21-23 Tage
Zugstrecke
15000 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

Red Knots slurp up tiny shellfish and worms from sandy shores, and eat insects in the Arctic.

Hauptnahrung

  • bivalves
  • marine worms
  • insect larvae
  • crustaceans

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Baltic Clam

Macoma balthica

Red Knots feast on these tiny clams along coastlines.

eaten by

Lugworm

Arenicola marina

Knots probe sandy shores to find these marine worms.

hunts

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

A swift predator, the Peregrine Falcon hunts adult Knots.

eats

Great Black-backed Gull

Larus marinus

Gulls can prey on eggs and young Red Knots.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Knot

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch birds from a distance and do not disturb their nests.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Red Knot?

23-26 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Red Knot?

47-53 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Red Knot?

0.1-0.2 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Red Knot?

10-20 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Red Knot?

65 km/h

Was frisst Red Knot?

Red Knots slurp up tiny shellfish and worms from sandy shores, and eat insects in the Arctic.

Wo findet man Red Knot normalerweise?

Coastal areas

Wie jagt Red Knot?

Foraging

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