Peruvian Thick-knee
Hesperoburhinus superciliaris(Tschudi, JJ, 1843)
English (US) Peruvian Thick-knee
The Peruvian Thick-knee (Hesperoburhinus superciliaris) 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: arid littoral of southwestern Ecuador to northern ChileRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hesperoburhinus superciliaris
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Peruvian Thick-knee
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1843)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Oedicnenus superciliaris
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1843)
- Type locality
- Coast of Peru.
- Original description
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte 9 p.387
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Thick-knees and Stone-curlews
Double-striped Thick-knee
Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
Beach Stone-curlew
Esacus magnirostris
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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