Typical Stone-curlews
Burhinus
Burhinus is a genus of bird in the Burhinidae family. This family also contains the genus Esacus. The genus name Burhinus comes from the Greek bous, ox, and rhis, nose.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Bush Stone-curlew
speciesBurhinus grallarius
Eurasian Stone-curlew
speciesBurhinus oedicnemus
Spotted Thick-knee
speciesBurhinus capensis
Water Thick-knee
speciesBurhinus vermiculatus
Indian Stone-curlew
speciesBurhinus indicus
Senegal Thick-knee
speciesBurhinus senegalensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4921.