Thick-knees (Burhinidae)
Bush Thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius) - HBW 3, p. 362
French: Oedicnème bridé
German: Langschwanztriel
Spanish: Alcaraván Colilargo
Other common names: Bush Stone-curlew/Curlew, Southern Stone-curlew, Stone-plover, Australian Dikkop
Taxonomy: Charadrius grallarius Latham, 1801, New South Wales.
Considerable confusion concerning correct nomenclature: species name traditionally given as magnirostris, but this is replaced by grallarius as the valid name, due to principle of first reviser (see page 350). Sometimes divided into three races, with recognition of rufescens (NW & NC Australia) and ramsayi (N Queensland), but these forms are poorly marked and species probably more realistically treated as polymorphic. Monotypic.
Distribution: N & S Western Australia through Northern Territory to Queensland, then S to SE South Australia and Victoria; also Trans-Fly area of S New Guinea.
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A pair of Bush Stone-curlew with 2 chicks seeking refuge from the rain under the awning of our office building. One chick is hid Locality Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
wirra 2 February 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 1 min 10 sec 4.7 -
A bird making a threatening pose and call to keep me away from its nesting mate. Locality Kingscliff, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 25 October 2011 14 weeks ago 18 sec 4.5 -
A bird walking towards its nesting mate after successfully seeing me off. It is still making its threatening noise. Locality Kingscliff, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 25 October 2011 14 weeks ago 20 sec 4.3 -
A bird watching an intruder and making a threatening call. Locality Kingscliff, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 25 October 2011 14 weeks ago 30 sec 4 -
A close-up of an adult Locality Rush Creek, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Tom Tarrant 31 March 1998 7 years ago 24 sec 3.9 -
A bird resting on the ground. Locality Taronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 October 2009 47 weeks ago 21 sec 3.8
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Keeping chicks
Locality Atherton, Queensland, Australia
Guy Poisson 8 November 2005 1 year ago 4.7 -
A bird making a threatening pose to keep me away from its mate on a nest.
Locality Kingscliff, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 24 October 2011 13 weeks ago 4.7 -
Bush Thick-knee (or now Bush Stone-curlew) portrait
Locality Currumbin, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 January 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
Close-up of a bird making a threatening pose.
Locality Kingscliff, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 24 October 2011 7 weeks ago 4.2 -
Bush Stone-curlew close up
Locality Cairns, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 January 2009 1 year ago 4.2 -
A bird making a threatening pose to keep me away from its mate on a nest.
Locality Kingscliff, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 24 October 2011 13 weeks ago 4
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A bird making a threatening noise to keep me away from its mate on a nest. Locality Kingscliff, New South Wales, Australia
(Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 25 October 2011 14 weeks ago 4 -
A juvenile gives two quiet calls as it gets up from the ground and walks away Locality Rainforestation Nature Park, Kuranda, Queensland, Australia
(Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 2 March 2009 1 year ago 2.5
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