High Arctic tundra as breeding habitat of the Knot (Calidris canutus islandica), Olrik fjord, North-West Greenland

The Red Knot breeding with six subspecies in the high Arctic tundra makes one of the longest migrations of any bird, traveling up to 16,000 km twice a year. The different knot populations are migrating in some of the largest non-stop leaps known from any species along all the main continental coastal flyways to their…

  • Produced by:
    Peter Prokosch
  • Year:
    01/10/2013

High Arctic tundra as breeding habitat of the Knot (Calidris canutus islandica), Olrik fjord, North-West Greenland

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