Maine Field Office Red Knot Fact Sheet

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Maine Field Office Red Knot Fact Sheet

This fact sheet provides information on the life history, habitat, and occurrence of Red Knot in Maine.

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Piping plover on sandy beach
Maine Ecological Services Field Office
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East Orland,ME
Species
A group of juvenile and adult red knot forage along the shoreline.

Length: 25-28 cm. Adults in spring: Above finely mottled with grays, black and light ochre, running into stripes on crown; throat, breast and sides of head cinnamon-brown; dark gray line through eye; abdomen and undertail coverts white; uppertail coverts white, barred with black. Adults in...

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Coastal