Species profile
Beach Stone-Curlew, Beach thick-knee
Esacus magnirostris
Quick answer
Andaman Is. and Malay Pen. to Philippines and Australasia
- Scientific name
- Esacus magnirostris
- Family
- Burhinidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Esacus
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
Recording Beach Stone-Curlew, Beach thick-knee in your journal
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Related species in Burhinidae
- Bahama thick-knee (Burhinus nanus)
- Burhinus lucorum (Burhinus lucorum)
- Bush Thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius)
- Double-striped Thick-knee (Burhinus bistriatus)
- Genucrassum bransatensis (Genucrassum bransatensis)
- Great Thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris)
- Indian Thick-knee (Burhinus indicus)
- Peruvian Thick-knee (Burhinus superciliaris)