Home Log Out
Birdpedia - Oman         | Home | Birds | Calendar | Reserves | Field Trips | Sightings | Reports | Contacts | [HBW - BirdLife (v3)] 09/05/2024 04:58:21 PM
Species Database
Find
Quick Links
News
 
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] Print... Email... 

 NT    Great Thick-knee* Id (Atlas):
    Esacus recurvirostris

Description (10)
Image of Great Thick-knee
 

Other Scientific Names
Burhinus recurvirostris [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
Great Thick-knee, Great Stone-curlew, Great Stone-plover

Family
Burhinidae (Thick-knees)

Size
49 - 54 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cuvier, 1829)

Range (Guide)
Cambodia, China (mainland), India (B) (NB), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.

Vagrant to Bangladesh.

South-eastern Iran through Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka to Indochina and Hainan (southern China).
 
Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 25,000 (2010).

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (26)...)

 
Great Stone-curlew (Esacus recurvirostris) [XC369197]
     by from Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, Mysore, Mandya County, Karnataka, India (call)

 
Great Stone-curlew (Esacus recurvirostris) [XC116617]
     by from Kameng River, India (call, flight call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Esacus magnirostris, with which occasionally considered conspecific.

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Great Thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris) - 10 files


More Information

BirdLife International

For more information about the Great Thick-knee see... Show Articles BirdLife International Species Factsheet.


Articles about the Great Thick-knee

If you would like to read any articles about the Great Thick-knee... Show Articles Show Articles (0)


No Pictures of Great Thick-knee

If Birdpedia has no pictures of Great Thick-knee or you would like to see more, then try the following...

      Show External Images from BING From BING (10)


No Videos of Great Thick-knee

If Birdpedia has no videos of Great Thick-knee or you would like to see more, then try the following..

      Show External Videos From BING (0)


Where can I observe this species?
Select an area (or leave blank) to see locations where this species has been recorded.

Area
  All   

Optional: Complete the following if you wish to restrict the reserve to within a given distance of a location.

Please enter the Latitude and Longitiude of a given location together with the maximum distance (km) to display a list of reserves within that distance. You must enter a Latitude, a Longitude and a distance greater than 0.
 
Latitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)
Deg Min Sec     Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
         or   GPS help
Longitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)
Deg Min Sec     Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
         or   Find GPS using Google Maps
Distance Bearing  
Get Sample GPS readings


On What Field Trips was this species observed?
Select an area (or leave blank), and a date range, to see field trips on which this species has been recorded.

Area
  All   

From To  
 

Optional: Complete the following if you wish to restrict the reserve to within a given distance of a location.

Please enter the Latitude and Longitiude of a given location together with the maximum distance (km) to display a list of reserves within that distance. You must enter a Latitude, a Longitude and a distance greater than 0.
 
Latitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)
Deg Min Sec     Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
         or   GPS help
Longitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)
Deg Min Sec     Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
         or
Distance Bearing  
Get Sample GPS readings


Latest Sightings for Great Thick-knee
Select the Area to restrict the Sightings.

Area
  All