Species profile
Peruvian Thick-knee
Burhinus superciliaris
Quick answer
Arid littoral of sw Ecuador to s Peru; one record from n Chile
- Scientific name
- Burhinus superciliaris
- Family
- Burhinidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Burhinus
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
Recording Peruvian 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)
- Great Thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris)
- Indian Thick-knee (Burhinus indicus)