Talk:Red knot

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American subspecies

Hey, we find this article needs some more information! Anyone in for it? -- Juonline 22:30, 5 August 2006 (UTC) I was quite surprised at the lack of information concerning the plight of the American subspecies, so I added a bunch. From looking at past edits I can see that some details about it were added and then later stripped out; if these details are too specific then let's create a new article discussing the threat of extinction in North/South America. -- Alex 20:04, 8 June 2007 (PST)[reply]

I'm a bit shocked that the Conservation Status lists this bird as "Least Concerned". As the article itself states, the American sub-species might go extinct by the end of this decade...I think that warrants "Vulnerable" at the very least. Prairie hiker 20:54, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The conservation status is the world status of this very abundant wader. The status of the NAm form is covered in the text, so there is no contradiction. Jimfbleak 06:24, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've reviewed the IUCN Red List requirements and understand the ranking. "Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern." Still, I personally feel that requiring such substantial declines in worldwide population before even raising a red flag (i.e. "near threatened" status) is unfortunate. As far as the purposes of the Red List it is probably sufficient, but for the average Wikipedia consumer I think it sends the wrong signal. Prairie hiker 18:14, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The world population is about 1100000, so it hardly threatened numerically, and any global decline (if there is any - no data for this) is not steep. The status of rufa is clear in the article, although I should point out that no references are given for the claimed vulnerability, and the US government does not seem particularly concerned. Jimfbleak 05:59, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Potential extinction

The US government is not concerned about any environmental issue at this point. Half the Earth would have to look like the face of the moon before D.C. got "concerned." Anyway, the issue, according to Nature on PBS, is deadly serious. I'll post a link on the site and one here. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/crash/conservation.html 72.78.9.230 (talk) 08:05, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Red Knot 3 votes is collab for May 09

Nominated 27th March 2009;

Support:

1. Casliber (talk · contribs) 09:40, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

fascinating species - plight of US subspecies very topical and is excellent case study for plight of even common species. Also, worldwide distribution so all editors can get stuck in. Casliber (talk · contribs) 09:40, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2. jimfbleak (talk) 15:55, 8 April 2009 (UTC) world-wide distribution so every can chip in, I'll go with that[reply]

3. Maias (talk) 00:51, 18 April 2009 (UTC). Should be plenty of info from migration studies.[reply]

Interesting papers

Small home ranges and high site fidelity in red knots (Calidris c. canutus) wintering on the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania

Not a section yet on their migration habits, so nowhere to put this yet, but cool paper about their wintering behaviour. Sabine's Sunbird talk 04:20, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

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Draft:Rufa Red Knot

Please consider incorporating material from the above draft submission into this article. Drafts are eligible for deletion after 6 months of inactivity. ~Kvng (talk) 16:38, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Update needed- Contradiction

Although the Red Knot's status is listed as Near Threatened in the side bar, under Status it is still said to be Least Concern. Somebody should change this. Aythya affinis (talk) 19:31, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]