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Calidris tenuirostris
Basic stats
Diet
Molluscs, crustaceans
Habitat
Mudflats, estuaries
Range
Breeds Siberia, winters to Australia
Clutch size
4 eggs
Incubation period
About 21–23 days
Size
Medium (26–28cm)
Wingspan
~56–66cm
Weight
~130–260g
A large, heavy-billed knot, non-breeding birds grey above with dark spotting along the flanks, larger and bulkier than Red Knot.
Listed as endangered due to catastrophic declines linked to the loss of key staging mudflats in the Yellow Sea, with small numbers passing through Borneo's coasts on migration.
