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Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Order
CHARADRIIFORMES
– Family
SCOLOPACIDAE
Authors: Harrington, Brian A.

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About the Author(s)

Brian A. Harrington is a Biologist with Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences in Massachusetts. His responsibilities include being an advisor to the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, managing the International Shorebird Surveys, and training and conservation research on shorebirds. His research on knots spans more than 25 years. Current address: Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Box 1770, Manomet, MA 02345. E-mail: bharr@manomet.org.

Recommended Citation

Harrington, Brian A. 2001. Red Knot (Calidris canutus), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/563

doi:10.2173/bna.563