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Scientific Name: Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821)
English Name: Great Knot
Local/Bangla Name: Boro Not
Photo: Birds of the World
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Description:
An adult’s distinctive breeding plumage features a brick-orange patch on the upperwing, a blackish back, and a mottled black chest. grey brown above, white below, with grey mottling in the neck and upper breast are the characteristics of duller nonbreeding and juvenile plumage. The smaller Red Knot has a shorter bill and considerably paler nonbreeding plumage.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
It was found near Nijhum Dwip area. It occurs on the coasts of southeast and southwest regions of the country
Environment:
Marine, Terrestrial
Main References:
IUCN Bangladesh. 2015. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 3: Birds. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. xvi+676.
Other References:
WorldFish IUCN WCS 2018 A Proposal to Declare a New Marine Protected Area (MPA) Around Nijhum Dwip with Preference to Fisheries
Summary Information for the Declaration of the proposed Nijhum Dwip Marine Protected Area (MPA), 2019.
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
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