Birds of the World

○ ← CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae (Stone-curlews, Thick-knees) →

Genus: Burhinus (6 species)


Spotted Thick-knee (Burhinus capensis) Range: AF: s Arabian Pen.; widespread, inland Sub-Saharan Africa Plettenberg Bay, South Africa
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.


Bush Stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius) Range: AU: inland s Trans-Fly (sc New Guinea) and Australia (except sc, Tasmania) Daintree Village, Queensland, Australia
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Indian Stone-curlew (Burhinus indicus) Range: OR: inland nw, w India and Sri Lanka e to c Myanmar, c Thailand, Cambodia and s Vietnam Palatupana Saltern, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
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Eurasian Stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) Range: PAL: w Europe, Canary Is. and n Africa to Lithuania, n Kazakhstan and far w China, s to Levant, Iraq and w Pakistan Fuerteventura, Tinday, Canary Island, Spain
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Senegal Thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis) Range: AF: inland Senegal to Ethiopia and Kenya and n to Egypt Murchison Falls NP, Uganda
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Water Thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus) Range: AF: inland w, c to e, s Africa Plettenberg Bay, South Africa
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