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Indian Stone-curlew

Burhinus indicus(Salvadori, AT, 1866)

English (US) Indian Stone-curlew

The Indian Stone-curlew (Burhinus indicus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Burhinidae (Thick-knees and Stone-curlews) in the order Charadriiformes.

Range: inland northwestern and western India and Sri Lanka eastward to central Myanmar, central Thailand, Cambodia, and southern VietnamRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Burhinus indicus
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Indian Stone-curlew
Described by
(Salvadori, AT, 1866)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Oedicnemus indicus
Described by
(Salvadori, AT, 1866)
Type locality
India.
Original description
Atti della SocietĂ  Italiana di Scienze Naturali 8 p.380

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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