Thick-knees (Burhinidae)
Great Thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris) - HBW 3, p. 363
French: Grand Oedicnème
German: Krabbentriel
Spanish: Alcaraván Picogrueso Indio
Other common names: Great Stone-plover/Stone-curlew
Taxonomy: Œdicnemus recurvirostris Cuvier, 1829, Nepal.
Genus sometimes merged into Burhinus. Forms superspecies with E. magnirostris, with which occasionally considered conspecific. Monotypic.
Distribution: SE Iran through Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka to Indochina and Hainan (S China).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds on a rock and a close-up of one of them at the end. Locality Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, Mandya District, Karnataka, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2009 3 years ago 33 sec 4.3 -
A close-up of a bird and a second individual laying on the rock next to it. Locality Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, Mandya District, Karnataka, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2009 3 years ago 34 sec 4.3 -
Different shots of a bird on the ground Locality Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, India (Monotypic species)
Guus van Duin 1 January 2006 5 years ago 45 sec 4.3 -
A bird walking along a shore, being harassed by a Red-wattled Lapwing. Locality Yala (Ruhunu) National Park , Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 July 2007 3 years ago 16 sec 4.2 -
A bird on the ground, preening. Locality Chambal Safari Boating Platform, Chambal River, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 February 2011 1 year ago 23 sec 3.8 -
Two birds preening on the water, close to a Mugger Crocodile. Locality Chambal Safari Boating Platform, Chambal River, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 February 2011 1 year ago 16 sec 3.8
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A great Thick-knee on the bank of one of the Ranthambore Lakes.
Locality Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Gerard Visser 4 November 2011 1 year ago 4.7 -
In a field
Locality Bundala National Park, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
John A Thompson 16 March 2012 1 year ago 4.4 -
Modhva coast
Locality Kutch District, Gujarat, India
jugal Tiwari 20 March 2010 2 years ago 4.2 -
A close-up of a bird.
Locality Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, Mandya District, Karnataka, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2009 3 years ago 4.1 -
An adult on a rock.
Locality Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, Mandya District, Karnataka, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2009 3 years ago 4.1 -
On the shore of one of the lakes in the park
Locality Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India
Lee Hunter 4 December 2011 20 weeks ago 4
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Normal long call Locality Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 2003 3 years ago 4 -
Alarm call Locality Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 2003 3 years ago 4
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