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