Red Knot
Red Knot
Juvenile
- Large shorebird with straight black bill
- White eyebrow
- Pale scaly pattern on gray back
- Gray barring on flanks, white belly
- © Kevin T. Karlson
Red Knot
Adult breeding
- Rich, salmon-orange color on face and underside
- Gray back with some orange and black speckling
- Large-bodied with straight, black bill
- © Jason Crotty, CA, Pillar Point, May 2010
Red Knot
Breeding and nonbreeding adults
- Adult molting into breeding plumage develops orange-red on face and underside
- Nonbreeding adult white below with gray back and white eyebrow
- Long wings with dark speckling at "wing-pit"
- Straight black bills
- © birdsandwater, NC, Masonboro Island, May 2009
Red Knot
Adult breeding
- Heavy-bodied appearance
- Rich salmon color on face and underside
- Black and orange speckling on gray back
- Black bill and legs
- © Christopher L. Wood, NJ, Cape May County
Red Knot
Adult nonbreeding
- Gray back and white belly
- Dark barring on flanks
- White eyebrow
- Straight black bill
- © Christopher L. Wood, NJ, Cape May County
Red Knot
Adult nonbreeding
- Gray back and white belly
- Dark barring on flanks
- Black bill and legs
- Heavy-bodied, stout appearance
- © Christopher L. Wood, NJ, Cape May County
Red Knot
Breeding adults
- Long wings
- Deep, red-orange on face and underside
- Thin white stripe through middle of wing
- Pale gray rump and tail speckled with black
- © Christopher L. Wood, NJ, Cape May County