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Great knot taxonomy
The Scolopacidae is the family of sandpipers, curlews, snipes, knots and turnstones.The family Scolopacidae was first introduced by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (22 October 1783 – 18 September 1840), a zoologist, botanist, writer and polyglot, in the year 1815.
The family Scolopacidae comprises fifteen genera, including genus Calidris. The genus Calidris is the genus of knots and sandpipers. The genus Calidris comprises twenty-four species, including Calidris tenuirostris.
The genus Calidris was first described by Blasius Merrem (4 February 1761 – 23 February 1824), a German naturalist, zoologist, ornithologist, mathematician and herpetologist, in the year 1804.
The species Calidris tenuirostris was first described by Thomas Horsfield M.D. (May 12, 1773 – July 24, 1859), an American physician and naturalist, in the year 1821.
The knot species Calidris tenuirostris is monotypic. With drastic decline in numbers, especially in the passage grounds, the Calidris tenuirostris is listed as Endangered by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature).
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Calidris tenuirostris |
| Species: | C. tenuirostris |
| Genus: | Calidris |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Great knot - Calidris tenuirostris Image by JJ Harrison |
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| 2.Great knot - Calidris tenuirostris Image by Hiyashi Haka |
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| 3.Great knot - Calidris tenuirostris Image by Hiyashi Haka |
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| 4.Great knot - Calidris tenuirostris Image by julie burgher |
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| 5.Great knot - Calidris tenuirostris Image by Tony Morris |
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| 6.Great knot - Calidris tenuirostris Image by Brian McCauley |
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| 7.Calidris tenuirostris Image by Jerry Oldenettel |
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| 8.Calidris tenuirostris Image by Aviceda |
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| 9.Calidris tenuirostris Image by 台灣水鳥研究群 彰化海岸 |
1.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Calidris_tenuirostris_-_Laem_Phak_Bia.jpg (cropped)
Author: JJ Harrison | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 10/30/18
2.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hiyashi/6959877850/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Hiyashi Haka | License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 as on 10/30/18
3.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hiyashi/7105946775/ (cropped)
Author: Hiyashi Haka | License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 as on 10/30/18
4.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Calidris_tenuirostris_-_Great_Knot.jpg (cropped)
Author: julie burgher | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 10/30/18
5.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tonymorris/20358099888/ (cropped)
Author: Tony Morris | License: CC BY-NC 2.0 as on 10/30/18
6.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/129013862@N04/41020647331/ (cropped)
Author: Brian McCauley | License: CC BY-NC 2.0 as on 10/30/18
7.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jroldenettel/6050099369/ (cropped)
Author: Jerry Oldenettel | License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 as on 10/30/18
8.Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Aviceda | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 10/30/18
9.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/waders/136931717/ (cropped)
Author: 台灣水鳥研究群 彰化海岸 | License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 as on 10/30/18
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