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The Rufa Red Knot Potential Habitat dataset is a polygon layer depicting high and low potential habitat locations for rufa red knot in NC counties that have a USFWS "current" status listing.
The Rufa Red Knot (Calidris canutus rufa) is one of the six recognized subspecies of red knots and is the only subspecies that routinely travels along the Atlantic Coast of the United States during spring and fall migrations. It is known to winter in North Carolina and to stop over during migration. Habitats used by red knots in migration and wintering areas are similar in character: coastal marine and estuarine habitats with large areas of exposed intertidal sediments. In North America, red knots are commonly found along sandy, gravel, or cobble beaches, tidal mudflats, salt marshes, shallow coastal impoundments and lagoons, and peat banks. Ephemeral features such as sand spits, islets, shoals, and sandbars, often associated with inlets can be important habitat for roosting.
Additional Species Information
There are 14 occurrences of Rufa Red Knot in the NHP Data Explorer as of June 2022.
County Information
• NHP listed counties: New Hanover and Onslow wintering habitat only.
• FWS listed counties as 'current: Beaufort, Bertie, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Tyrell, Washington
• Additions proposed by reviewers: NA
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Datasets developed under Project ATLAS do not replace any NRTR work for future projects and may not be used as a replacement for site visits / field surveys by qualified professionals and hence should be used only as a supporting platform for decision making. Use of this dataset for project scoping or screening is merely pre-decisional.