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Beach Stone-curlew
Sign in to saveAlso known as Esacus magnirostris, Australian stone-curlew
species of bird
Species
Near Threatenedbeach stone-curlew
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyBurhinidae
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Near Threatened
- Commons category
- Esacus magnirostris
- taxon name
- Esacus magnirostris
- taxon common name
- alcaravão-dos-recifes
- litter size
- 1
- short name
- E. magnirostris
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Encyclopedic overview
The beach stone-curlew (Esacus magnirostris) also known as beach thick-knee is a large, ground-dwelling bird that occurs in Australasia, the islands of South-east Asia. At 55 cm (22 in) and 1 kg (2.2 lb), it is one of the world's largest shorebirds.
It is less strictly nocturnal than most stone-curlews, and can sometimes be seen foraging by daylight, moving slowly and deliberately, with occasional short runs. It tends to be wary and fly off into the distance ahead of the observer, employing slow, rather stiff wingbeats..
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beach Stone-curlew” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.