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Red 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 canutus.
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 canutus was first described by Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist, in the year 1758. The knot species Calidris canutus is polytypic and comprises six subspecies.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Calidris canutus |
| Species: | C. canutus |
| Genus: | Calidris |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Bird World - Red knot - Calidris canutus Image by Hans Hillewaert |
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| 2.Bird World - Red knot - Calidris canutus Image by DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org/) |
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| 3.Bird World - Red knot - Calidris canutus Image by DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org/) |
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| 4.Bird World - Red knot - Calidris canutus Image by Chuck Homler d/b/a Focus On Wildlife |
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| 5.Bird World - Red knot - Calidris canutus Image by Andrea Westmoreland |
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| 6.Bird World - Red knot - Calidris canutus Image by Andrea Westmoreland |
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| 7.Bird World - Red knot - Calidris canutus Image by Juan Emilio |
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| 8.Bird World - Red knot - Calidris canutus Image by Juan Emilio |
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| 9.Calidris canutus Image by Hans Hillewaert |
1.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Calidris_canutus_(summer).jpg (cropped)
Author: Hans Hillewaert | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 11/26/18
2.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_Knot_2012c_RWD.jpg (cropped)
Author: DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org/) | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 11/26/18
3.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org/) | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 11/26/18
4.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Chuck Homler d/b/a Focus On Wildlife | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 11/26/18
5.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Andrea Westmoreland | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 11/26/18
6.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ (cropped)
Author: Andrea Westmoreland | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 11/26/18
7.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/juan_e/3852983479/ (cropped)
Author: Juan Emilio | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 11/26/18
8.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/juan_e/3835265024/ (cropped)
Author: Juan Emilio | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 11/26/18
9.Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calidris_canutus_(breeding_plumage).jpg (cropped)
Author: Hans Hillewaert | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 11/26/18
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