Great Stone-curlew
Esacus recurvirostris(Cuvier, GLCFD, 1829)
English (US) Great Stone-curlew
The Great Stone-curlew (Esacus recurvirostris) 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: estuaries of southern Iran; riverine systems of Indus Valley (central Pakistan), sub-Himalayan India southward to Sri Lanka and eastward to northern Thailand, northern Cambodia, and VietnamRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Esacus recurvirostris
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Great Stone-curlew
- Described by
- (Cuvier, GLCFD, 1829)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- OEdicnemus recurvirostris
- Described by
- (Cuvier, GLCFD, 1829)
- Type locality
- No locality, = Nepal, fide Stuart Baker.
- Original description
- Le règne animal distribué d'aprés son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée ed. 2, 1 p.500
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
Beach Stone-curlew
Esacus magnirostris
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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