Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Calidris canutus
Playero rojo, Playero pecho rufo, Red Knot
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Calidris
Species
canutus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: Harris (1973) reported one bird at Cormorant Point, Floreana, on 10 May 1969, and one was recorded at Poza de las Diablas, just west of Puerto Villamil, Isabela, on 2 November 1976 y Robert Tindle (Harris, personal communication).
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1982) A field guide to the birds of Galápagos. Collins, London, 2nd ed., 160 pp.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Calidris canutus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5044. Accessed 1 November 2026.