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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3.7
A bird sitting...
Mexico (So..., Apr 2009
Josep del Hoyo
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3.5
A bird walking...
Costa Rica, Mar 2010
Richard Garrigues
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3.4
A bird standin...
Venezuela, Feb 2007
DAVID ASCANIO
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3.3
A bird on the ...
Mexico (So..., Mar 2009
Josep del Hoyo
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3.3
A bird standin...
Mexico (So..., Mar 2009
Josep del Hoyo
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3.1
A bird standin...
Costa Rica, Mar 2002
Peter Nash
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3.6
Member of a gr...
Venezuela, Apr 2009
kperezleon
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3.6
on the ground
Costa Rica, Mar 2013
Róger Rodríguez
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3.6
probably a mal...
Venezuela, Jul 2010
Ferran Vaquero
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3.5
Adult
Venezuela, May 2009
kperezleon
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3.5
Individual sta...
Canada, Aug 2011
Miriam Bauman
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3.5
picture taken ...
Venezuela, Mar 2011
Thore Noernberg
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A sequence of calls.
Locality ZooMAT, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp bistriatus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 March 2009 3 years ago 4 -
A bird calling (near its nest). Locality Pantanos del Usumacincta, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp bistriatus)
Josep del Hoyo 13 April 2009 3 years ago 2.5
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