---
title: "Great Knot"
description: "Calidris tenuirostris — Birds. The great knot (Calidris tenuirostris) is a medium-sized wader."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/great-knot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Great Knot

> Calidris tenuirostris — Birds. The great knot (Calidris tenuirostris) is a medium-sized wader.

- Scientific name: *Calidris tenuirostris*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers), `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 3229
- Wikidata: [Q18876](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18876)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3852](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3852)

## Names

- en: Great Knot
- de: Großer Knutt
- es: Correlimos Grande
- fr: Bécasseau de l'Anadyr
- nl: Grote kanoetstrandloper
- pt: Seixoeira-grande
- pl: Biegus wielki

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1338), CN (221), TW (204), TH (180), IN (169), KR (138), RU (111), HK (62), JP (59), VN (42), MY (41), ID (27)

## Summary

The great knot (Calidris tenuirostris) is a medium-sized wader. It is one of the largest species in the genus Calidris. It is a migratory bird which breeds in eastern Siberia, Russia, and flies to southern Asia and Australia in the northern winter.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_knot

## Photo

![Great Knot](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/great-knot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193294566

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/great-knot?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).