Calidris canutus

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Noun1.Calidris canutus - a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphereCalidris canutus - a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
grayback, greyback, knot
sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
Calidris, genus Calidris - a genus of Scolopacidae
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Calidris canutus "playero de Groelandia", es una migratoria con escasos individuos en Villa; fue registrada por primera vez en 1994 por Mirko Fernandez (com.
Ciento quince anos de registros de aves en Pantanos de Villa
WHAT bird's scientific name is Calidris Canutus? WHERE in England is the seaside resort Herne Bay?
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The estuary plays a key role as feeding and roosting site for several Nearctic birds (Calidris fuscicollis, Limosa haemastica, Calidris canutus, among others) as well as Patagonian species, such as Charadrius falklandicus, Haematopus leucopodus, and Pluvianellus socialis (Ferrari et al., 2002).
Population dynamics and secondary production of Darina solenoides (Bivalvia: Mactridae) in the Rio Gallegos Estuary, southern Patagonia
Hernandez MA (2007) Ecologia Trofica del Playero Rojizo (Calidris canutus rufa), Playero de Rabadilla Blanca (Calidris fuscicollisj y Playero Blanco (Calidris alba) en Peninsula Valdes.
Alteracion de la comunidad bentonica a causa del varamiento de grandes mamiferos marinos (Peninsula Valdes, Argentina)
The effects of daily weather variation on foraging and responsiveness to disturbance in overwintering red knot Calidris canutus. Ardea, 90:229-237.
Green herons (Butorides virescens) in an urbanized landscape: does recreational disturbance affect foraging behavior?
Survival of the fattest: body stores on migration and survival in red knots Calidris canutus islandica.
Environmental factors affecting numbers of pink-footed geese Anser brachyrhynchus utilising an autumn stopover site
A new species of the genus Avenzoaria Oudemans, 1905 (Acari: Avenzoariidae) from the red knot, Calidris canutus (Aves: Charadriiformes).
Feather mites of Calidris fuscicollis (Aves: Scolopacidae) in Brazil/Acaros plumicolas de Calidris fuscicollis (Aves: Scolopacidae) no Brasil
Two sets of eggs of the Red Knot (Calidris canutus) and 60 marine teleost fish, most of which were collected by M.C.
The Canadian Arctic expedition 1913-18 and early advances in Arctic vertebrate zoology
The red knot (Calidris canutus) has one of the longest migrations of any bird, travelling nearly 10,000 miles each spring and fall between its summer breeding range in the Arctic to the winter range in southern Chile and Argentina.
To the moon! (and partway back): a red knot's incredible journey
Annual survival of red knots (Calidris canutus rufa) wintering in Florida.
Scavenging of migratory bird carcasses in the Sonoran Desert
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