Great Knot

Calidris tenuirostris

The Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris) is a bird found in Australia. Found in Australia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, fruit and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Calidris tenuirostris
Region	Australia & Oceania
Found in	Australia

🏡 Where the Great Knot lives

Found in Australia.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs50%
🍎 Fruit30%
🌿 Leaves & plants20%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.

💡 It weighs about 192 grams. It mostly eats insects and other small creatures and fruit.

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Recorded by Christian A. Jensen (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC396375. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Great Knot

Where does the Great Knot live?

The Great Knot lives in Australia. Found in Australia.

What does the Great Knot eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 50%), fruit (about 30%), leaves and other plant parts (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Great Knot endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

More birds from Australia & Oceania

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.