Beach Stone-curlew
Esacus magnirostris(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) Beach Stone-curlew
The Beach Stone-curlew (Esacus magnirostris) 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: coasts and islets from Andaman Islands, Malayan Peninsula, southern Philippines, Indonesian Archipelago, New Guinea and satellites, northern and eastern Australia, Bismarck Archipelago (including Admiralty Islands), and Solomon Islands (except Rennell)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Esacus magnirostris
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Beach Stone-curlew
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- OEdicnemus magnirostris
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Type locality
- No locality, = Australia, ex pi. G 39, f. 1, 28, 1819.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 23 p.231
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Thick-knees and Stone-curlews
Peruvian Thick-knee
Hesperoburhinus superciliaris
Double-striped Thick-knee
Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
Great Stone-curlew
Esacus recurvirostris
Bush Stone-curlew
Burhinus grallarius
Spotted Thick-knee
Burhinus capensis
Water Thick-knee
Burhinus vermiculatus
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensis
Indian Stone-curlew
Burhinus indicus
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemus
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