Two natural World Heritage Sites - the Wadden Sea shared by Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands - and the Banc d’Arguin in Mauretania are two critically important sites for millions of migratory birds along the Eastern Atlantic Flyway.
Calidris canutus is included on CMS Appendix II under the higher taxon listing of Scolopacidae. The sub-species Calidris canutus rufa was added to CMS Appendix I at COP8 (Nairobi, 2005) at the suggestion of Argentina. AEWA recognizes separate populations - Calidris canutus canutus in Northern Siberia/West & Southern Africa and Calidris canutus islandica in NE Canada & Greenland/Western Europe.
CMS Instruments | CMS, AEWA |
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IUCN Status | Near threatened |
Date of entry in Appendix II | 1979 |
No pictures for Calidris canutus
English | Red Knot |
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French | Bécasseau Maubèche |
Spanish | Correlimos gordo |
German | Knutt |
Class | Aves |
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Order | Charadriiformes |
Family | Scolopacidae |
Scientific name | Calidris canutus |