Red Knot
Calidris canutus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusCalidris (Calidris Sandpipers)
- SpeciesCalidris canutus (Red Knot)
Closest Relatives at Acadia National Park
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritima
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusilla
Sanderling
Calidris alba
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Red Knot at Acadia National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there