Species profile—Calidris tenuirostris (great knot)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Scolopacidae (Curlews, Sandpipers, Snipes and Godwits) → Calidris tenuirostris (great knot)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Scolopacidae (Curlews, Sandpipers, Snipes and Godwits)
- Scientific name
- Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821)
- Common name
- great knot
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1856
- Alternate name(s)
- slender-billed knot
stripe-crowned knot - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Endangered
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Critically endangered
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1856
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
