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Family Name : Scolopacidae

Common Name : Great Knot     -       Scientific Name : Calidris tenuirostris ‹‹ Go Back
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Image title
: Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
Other names
: Eastern Knot
Taxonomy & status
: sp C tenuirostris scarce winter visitor to Sri Lanka
Remarks
: non breeding adults (on this date 68 birds were counted - the highest count for Sri Lanka seen together)
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Pathmanath Samaraweera
Location
: Nachchakalli, Kalpitiya
Date
: 14th February 2010
Equipment
: digiscoped with Nikon fieldscope ED III and Nikon Coolpix 7900
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Image title
: Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
Other names
: Eastern Knot
Taxonomy & status
: sp C tenuirostris scarce winter visitor to Sri Lanka
Remarks
: non breeding adults (on this date 68 birds were counted - the highest count for Sri Lanka seen together)
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kiran Kumaranayagam
Location
: Nachchakalli, Kalpitiya
Date
: 14th February 2010
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Sigma 500 F4.5 lens
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Image title
: Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
Other names
: Eastern Knot
Taxonomy & status
: sp C tenuirostris winter visitor to Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adult assuming breeding plumage
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Uditha Hettige
Date
: 26th January 2011
Equipment
: Canon 50D with Canon 300 F4 lens and X1.4 converter
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Image title
: Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
Other names
: Eastern Knot
Taxonomy & status
: sp C tenuirostris scarce winter visitor to Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adult in non-breeding plumage
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Sudheera Bandara
Location
: Urumalai, Talaimannar
Date
: 6th February 2012
Equipment
: Canon 60D with Canon 400 5.6 lens
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Image title
: Great Knot  Calidris tenuirostris
Other names
: Eastern Knot
Taxonomy & status
: sp C tenuirostris scarce winter visitor to Sri Lanka
Remarks
: Adult in non-breeding plumage
Red data status
: Not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Mannar
Date
: 16th February 2011
Equipment
: Canon 1D mark IV with Canon 400mm F2.8 lens and 1.4 teleconverter
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