Great Stone-curlew
Esacus recurvirostris (Cuvier, 1829)
Burhinidae — Stone-curlews, Thick-knees
Great Stone-curlew, Esacus recurvirostris, is a resident breeder in river systems and estuaries across southern Asia, from southern Iran and the Indus Valley in Pakistan through sub-Himalayan India to Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. It is a bird of the Charadriiformes and belongs to the stone-curlews and thick-knees. First described by Cuvier in 1829, it is a large wader with a notably upturned bill, formed by a sharp angle in the lower mandible. It is also known as the great thick-knee.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Burhinidae — Stone-curlews, Thick-knees
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: river systems of s, se Asia: estuaries of s Iran; inland Indus Valley (c Pakistan), sub-Himalayan India s to Sri Lanka and e to n Thailand, n Cambodia and n, s Vietnam
