Great Knot

Great Knot is a medium-sized wader and one of the largest in its genus, 26 to 30 cm long with a wingspan of 56 to 66 cm. It breeds on the tundra of north-east Siberia, nesting on the ground and laying about four eggs in a scrape, and is strongly migratory, wintering on coasts from southern Asia to Australia. Its closest relative is the surfbird (Wikipedia, general species account). (Wikipedia, general species account).

Their breeding habitat is tundra in northeast Siberia, Russia. They nest on the ground laying about four eggs in a ground scrape. These birds forage on mudflats and beaches, probing or picking up food by sight. The species is a medium-sized wader. It is one of the largest species in the genus Calidris. It is a migratory bird which breeds in eastern Siberia, Russia, and flies to southern Asia and Australia in the northern winter. (Wikipedia, general species account).