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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
14/05/2024 06:58:40 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
NT
Great Thick-knee*
Id (Atlas):
Esacus recurvirostris
Description (10 )
Great Thick-knee
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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)
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)... )
Listen to XC369202
Great Stone-curlew (Esacus recurvirostris ) [XC369202 ]
by Oscar Campbell from Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, Mysore, Mandya County, Karnataka, India (call)
Listen to XC213129
Great Stone-curlew (Esacus recurvirostris ) [XC213129 ]
by vir joshi from Modhva Beach, Gujarat, India (call, flight call)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Esacus magnirostris , with which occasionally considered conspecific.
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Great Thick-knee see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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