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 Cape Breton Highlands National Park
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusilla
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritima
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
American Woodcock
Scolopax minor
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Red Knot at Cape Breton Highlands 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