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Great Knots, Calidris tenuirostris
Red Knots (Calidris canutus)
KOOKABURRAS
LAPWINGS ...
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris (A)
Sanderling Calidris alba
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii (A)
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis *(A)
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos (A)
Dunlin Calidris alpina (A) ...
It is usually classified in a genus of its own, as Aphriza virgata, and was once considered to be allied to the turnstones, but more recent data suggests it is very close genetically to the Red and Great Knots and should be included in Calidris ...
Eastern Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Lapwings, Ruddy Turnstone, Black-fronted Dotterel, Great Knot ...
Knot, Calidris canutus (just Knot in Europe), is a medium sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calidris sandpipers, second only to the Great Knot.
the Rock Sandpiper, Wandering Tattler, and Black Turnstone, but Surfbird can also feed on sandy shorelines like a Sanderling. Used to be grouped with the Turnstones, but thought now to be more closely related to the knots, especially the Great Knot.
 See also: Turnstone, Sandpiper, Red Knot, Knot, Swallow
  
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