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 LC    Double-striped Thick-knee* Id (Atlas):
    Burhinus bistriatus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Double-striped Thick-knee, Double-striped Stone-curlew, Mexican Thick-knee

Family
Burhinidae (Thick-knees)

Size
43 - 48 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Wagler, 1829)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland, dry savanna, pastureland. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)
Aruba, Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela.

Vagrant to Barbados.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

 
Double-striped Thick-knee (Burhinus bistriatus) [XC623947]
     by Manuel Grosselet from Bajos de Chila, San Pedro Mixtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico (alarm call)

 
Double-striped Thick-knee (Burhinus bistriatus) [XC219842]
     by GABRIEL LEITE from Guataparo area, Carabobo, Venezuela (call)

Subspecies
Proposed subspecies vigilans synonymous with nominate bistriatus.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

  • bistriatus (Wagler, 1829)   -  Southern Mexico south to north-western Costa Rica.
  • dominicensis (Cory, 1883)   -  Hispaniola.
  • pediacus Wetmore & Borrero, 1964   -  Northern Colombia.
  • vocifer (L'Herminier, 1837)   -  Venezuela, Guyana and extreme northern Brazil.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Double-striped Thick-knee (Burhinus bistriatus) - 10 files


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