Knot (Calidris canutus canutus) with young, Sterlegova, Taymyr, Russia, July 1990

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

Knot (Calidris canutus canutus) with young, Sterlegova, Taymyr, Russia, July 1990

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