# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status for the Rufa Red Knot
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2014-12-11 · Effective 2015-01-12 · 79 FR 73706
## Document
- **Document number:** 2014-28338
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 79 FR 73706
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2014-12-11
- **Effective date:** 2015-01-12
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-R5-ES-2013-0097
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine threatened species status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended, for the rufa red knot (Calidris canutus rufa). The rufa red knot is a migratory shorebird that breeds in the Canadian Arctic, winters in parts of the United States, the Caribbean, and South America, and primarily uses well-known spring and fall stopover areas on the Atlantic coast of the United States, although some follow a midcontinental migratory route. The effect of this regulation will be to add this species to the list of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/12/11/2014-28338/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-threatened-species-status-for-the-rufa-red-knot)
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