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Great Knot Dark bird in the middle
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Taken
at Titchwell Marsh on 30th June 2016 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens.
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| Great Knot. |
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Calidris tenuirostris. Charadriiformes. Scolopacidae |
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Inland, on the ground near water. Molluscs and insects. Tundra in Northern Siberia. Rare vagrant to Western Europe Short dark legs and a medium-length thin dark bill. Breeding adults have mottled greyish upperparts with some rufous feathering. The face, throat and breast are heavily spotted black, and there are also some streaks on the rear belly. In winter the plumage becomes uniformly pale grey above. This bird is closely related to the more widespread red knot. In breeding plumage, the latter has a distinctive red face, throat and breast. In other plumages, the great knot can be identified by its larger size, longer bill, deeper chest, and the more streaked upperparts. 3 to 4. |
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