Thick-knees (Burhinidae)
Double-striped Thick-knee (Burhinus bistriatus) - HBW 3, p. 362
French: Oedicnème bistrié
German: Dominikanertriel
Spanish: Alcaraván Venezolano
Other common names: Double-striped Stone-curlew, Mexican Thick-knee
Taxonomy: Charadrius bistriatus Wagler, 1829, Mexico.
Proposed race vigilans synonymous with nominate bistriatus. Four races recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- bistriatus (Wagler, 1829) - S Mexico S to NW Costa Rica.
- dominicensis (Cory, 1883) - Hispaniola.
- pediacus Wetmore & Borrero, 1964 - N Colombia.
- vocifer (L'Herminier, 1837) - Venezuela, Guyana and extreme N Brazil.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on the ground, looking around Locality Hilton Ponds, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp vocifer)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 January 2007 4 years ago 58 sec 4 -
Poços de caldas cientific and cultural creatory. Locality Minas Gerais State, Brazil
josé de alencar bonafé 10 January 2004 1 year ago 11 sec 3.7 -
Poços de caldas cientific and cultural creatory. Locality Minas Gerais State, Brazil
josé de alencar bonafé 10 January 2004 1 year ago 15 sec 3.7 -
A bird walking through a field to join its mate. Locality El Rodeo Forest Reserve, San José Province, Costa Rica (ssp bistriatus)
Richard Garrigues 23 March 2010 1 year ago 36 sec 3.5 -
A bird standing and keeping still, at night Locality Hato Piñero, Cojedes State, Venezuela (ssp vocifer)
DAVID ASCANIO 28 February 2007 4 years ago 43 sec 3.4 -
A bird standing, looking around. Locality ZooMAT, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp bistriatus )
Josep del Hoyo 27 March 2009 1 year ago 34 sec 3.3
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A bird in the savannah
Locality La Aurora Reserve, Paz de Ariporo, Casanare Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 31 December 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.7 -
A bird walking.
Locality Hato Masaguaral, Guárico State, Venezuela (ssp vocifer)
Eduardo López 25 August 2008 2 years ago 3.7 -
Standing up
Locality Tárcoles, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 29 December 2008 1 year ago 3.6 -
Individual standing on one leg on a rock.
Locality Toronto Zoo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 6 August 2011 27 weeks ago 3.5 -
Adult
Locality Hacienda La Zuliana, Campo Boscán, Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela
kperezleon 17 May 2009 2 years ago 3.5 -
probably a male and female together in the marsh
Locality Cuare Wildlife Refuge, Falcón State, Venezuela
Ferran Vaquero 16 July 2010 1 year ago 3.4
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A sequence of calls.
Locality ZooMAT, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp bistriatus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 March 2009 1 year ago 4 -
A bird calling (near its nest). Locality Pantanos del Usumacincta, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp bistriatus)
Josep del Hoyo 13 April 2009 2 years ago 2.5
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