Great Stone-curlew

Esacus recurvirostris - Grand Oedicnème

Grand Oedicnème
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Burhinidés

  • Genus
    :

    Esacus

  • Species
    :

    recurvirostris

Descriptor

Cuvier, 1829

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 54 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Grand Oedicnème
Grand Oedicnème

Great Stone-curlew (Esacus recurvirostris) is a species of bird in the Burhinidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Grand Oedicnème,
  • Alcaraván piquigrueso indio,
  • alcaravão-grande,
  • Krabbentriel,
  • folyami rákásztyúk,
  • Grote Griel,
  • Occhione maggiore,
  • strandtjockfot,
  • Krumnebbtriel,
  • ležiak krabožravý,
  • dytík křivozobý,
  • Stor Triel,
  • intianpaksujalka,
  • torlit becgros de l'Índia,
  • kulon wielkodzioby,
  • dižais lielacis,
  • Большая рифовая авдотка,
  • ソリハシオオイシチドリ,
  • 大石鸻,
  • นกกระแตผีใหญ่,
  • 大石鴴,

Voice song and call

Grand Oedicnème

Habitat

Grand Oedicnème
adult

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Mud Flats and Salt Flats

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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