Red Knot (Calidris canutus), Paloma Ranch, Maricopa County

This Red Knot was found and photographed by Caleb Strand on 02 September 2016

Casual fall transient in Arizona and the first in Maricopa County since 2009. Decreasing world-wide.

This is a juvenile Red Knot, which is aged by the scaly pattern on the bird's scapulars, coverts, and tertials. Juvenile and non-breeding Red Knots are mostly gray with a white lower belly, barred flanks, and dull yellow-grayish legs. Red Knot is a chunky but long-winged shorebird and its shape is quite distinctive. It has short legs, a fairly short bill, and a horizontal stance.

02 September 2016, photo by Caleb Strand

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