NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris, Nadezhdinsky, Primorsky Krai, Russia.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The great knot (Calidris tenuirostris) 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 contributors, Great knot; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T01:57:58.604811+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821)
- Name authority
- (Horsfield, 1821)
- Common name
- Great Knot
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Calidris
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderCharadriiformes
- familyScolopacidae Rafinesque, 1815
- genusCalidris Merrem, 1804
- speciesCalidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Calidris. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis (Vieillot, 1819) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| SanderlingCalidris alba (Pallas, 1764) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western SandpiperCalidris mauri (Cabanis, 1857) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little StintCalidris minuta (Leisler, 1812) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rock SandpiperCalidris ptilocnemis (Coues, 1873) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla (Linnaeus, 1766) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii (Leisler, 1812) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Totanus tenuirostris Horsfield, 1821 Horsfield, 1821 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)
North America
Oceania
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=176645 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:PK4L. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.