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B95 (red knot)
Unusually long-lived Red Knot bird (born c. 1992) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
B95 (born c. 1992), nicknamed Moonbird, is a red knot celebrated for its longevity as the oldest known member of its species.[1]
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![]() A Rufa Red Knot in the surf of the Delaware Bay in Cumberland County, NJ. | |
Other name(s) | Moonbird |
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Species | Calidris canutus rufa |
Sex | Male |
Hatched | c. 1992 (age 31–32) |
Known for | his extreme longevity |
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The bird, a male of the Calidris canutus rufa subspecies of the red knot (a species of shorebird in the sandpiper family), was banded in Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina in February 1995 by Patricia González, an Argentine biologist.[2] It has been resighted many times since then, most recently during May 2014 by González in the Canadian Arctic.[3] It also has been recaptured at least three times—the last time in 2007 (aged approximately 14) when it was found to be "as fit as a three-year-old".[4] It is not known how long red knots typically live.[3]