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Great Thick-knee

Esacus recurvirostris (Cuvier, GLCFD 1829)

The great stone-curlew or great thick-knee is a large wader which is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh into South-east Asia. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Burhinidae
Genus:
   Esacus
Scientific:
  Esacus recurvirostris


Original description

Citation:
  (Cuvier, GLCFD 1829)

Reference:
   Règne Animal n. éd. ed. 2, 1 p.500

Protonym:
  OEdicnemus recurvirostris

Type locality:
  No locality, = Nepal, fide Stuart Baker.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374342


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  C2178ACC949372FC

Avibase ID:
  avibase-C2178ACC

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/C2178ACC


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176755


NEAR THREATENED

Geographic range:

  • Esacus recurvirostris: SE Iran to Indian subcontinent, Indochina and Hainan I.
English:
Great Thick-knee
Catalan:
Torlit becgros de l'Índia
Czech:
dytík křivozobý
Danish:
Stor Triel
German:
Krabbentriel
Spanish:
Alcaraván piquigrueso indio
Spanish (Spain):
Alcaraván Piquigrueso Indio
Finnish:
intianpaksujalka
French:
Grand Oedicnème
Croatian:
krivokljuna ćukavica
Hungarian:
folyami rákásztyúk
Italian:
Occhione maggiore
Japanese (romaji):
sorihashiooishichidori
Japanese:
ソリハシオオイシチドリ
Lithuanian:
Didysis rifinis storkulnis
Dutch:
Grote Griel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Krumnebbtriel
Norwegian:
Krumnebbtriel
Polish:
kulon wielkodzioby
Portuguese:
Téu-téu-grande
Portuguese (Portugal):
alcaravão-grande
Russian:
Крабовая авдотка
Slovak:
ležiak krabožravý
Serbian:
Veliki ćurlikovac
Swedish:
strandtjockfot
Ukrainian:
Лежень великий
Chinese:
大石鸻
Chinese (Traditional):
大石鴴


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Grand Oedicnème ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Grand Oedicnème ( Burhinus recurvirostris)
Clements 1st edition:
Great Stone Curlew ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Clements, version 2021:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Clements, version 2022:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Clements, version 2023:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Clements 3rd edition:
Great Stone Curlew ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Clements 4th edition:
Great Thick-knee ( Burhinus recurvirostris)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Great Thick-knee ( Burhinus recurvirostris)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Great Thick-knee ( Burhinus recurvirostris)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Great Thick-knee ( Burhinus recurvirostris)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Great Thick-knee ( Burhinus recurvirostris)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Great Thick-knee ( Burhinus recurvirostris)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Great Thick-knee ( Burhinus recurvirostris)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Great Thick-knee ( Burhinus recurvirostris)
Clements 6th edition:
Great Thick-knee ( Burhinus recurvirostris)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Great Thick-knee ( Burhinus recurvirostris)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Great Thick-knee ( Burhinus recurvirostris)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Great Thick-knee ( Burhinus recurvirostris)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Clements, version 2015:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Clements, version 2016:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Clements, version 2017:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Clements, version 2018:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Clements, version 2019:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
eBird version 1.50:
Great Thick-knee ( Burhinus recurvirostris)
eBird version 1.52:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
eBird version 1.53:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
eBird version 1.54:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
eBird version 1.55:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
eBird version 2015:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
eBird version 2016:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
eBird version 2017:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
eBird version 2018:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
eBird version 2019:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
eBird version 2021:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
eBird version 2022:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
eBird version 2023:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Great Stone Plover ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Great Stone Plover ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Great Stone Curlew ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Great Stone Curlew ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Great Stone Curlew ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Great Stone Curlew ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Great Stone Curlew ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Great Stone Curlew ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Great Stone Curlew ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Great Stone Curlew ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Great Stone Curlew ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Great Stone-curlew ( Esacus recurvirostris)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Great Stone-curlew ( Esacus recurvirostris)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Great Stone-curlew ( Esacus recurvirostris)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Great Stone-curlew ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Oriental Bird Club:
Great Thick-knee ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Esacus recurvirostris
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Esacus recurvirostris
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Esacus recurvirostris
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Great Thick-knee ( Burhinus recurvirostris)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Great Thick-knee ( Burhinus recurvirostris)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Great Thick-knee ( Burhinus recurvirostris)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Great Stone-curlew ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Great Stone-curlew ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Great Stone-curlew ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Great Stone-curlew ( Esacus recurvirostris)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Esacus recurvirostris
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Esacus recurvirostris

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Grootdikkop
Azerbaijani: böyük pərttəgöz
Bulgarian: Ракояд
Bengali: ফড় হভাটা঴াুঁটু , বড় মোটাহাঁটু
Bengali (transliteration): baṛa mōṭāhām̐ṭu
Breton: Bourlagad meur
Catalan: Torlit becgros de l'Índia
Czech: Dytík krivozobý, dytík křivozobý
Welsh: Rhedwr mawr y moelydd
Danish: Stor Triel
German: Krabbentriel
Greek: Διπλoπετρoτουρλίδα
English: Great Stone Curlew, Great Stone Plover, Great stone polver, Great Stonecurlew, Great Stone-Curlew, Great Stoneplover, Great Thick knee, Great Thick-knee, Great-billed Thick-knee
English, HBW: Great Thick-knee
English (India): Great Thick-knee (Great Stone-curlew)
English (IOC): Great Stone-curlew
English (UAE): Great Stone-curlew
English (United States): Great Thick-knee
Esperanto: Granda trielo
Spanish: Alcaraván Picogrueso Indio, Alcaraván piquigrueso indio, Alcavarán Grande Hindú
Spanish (Spain): Alcaraván Piquigrueso Indio
Spanish (HBW): Great Thick-knee
Estonian: india jämejalg
Persian: چاخ‌ لق بزرگ, چاخ‌لق بزرگ, چاخ‌لق هندی
Finnish: Intianpaksujalka
French: Grand Oedicnème
Frisian: Grutte tsjokpoat
Irish: Glúintiubh trá
Galician: Alcaraván bicogroso da India
Manx: Glioon-chiu vooar
Croatian: krivokljuna ćukavica
Hungarian: folyami rákásztyúk
Indonesian: Burung Wiliwili Besar
Italian: Occhione beccocurvo, Occhione maggiore, Occhione maggiore indiano
Japanese (romaji): ishi-chidori, sori-hashi ō, sorihashiooishichidori
Japanese: ソリハシオオイシチドリ
Japanese (Kanji): 反嘴大石千鳥
Scientific: Burhinus recurvirostris, Carvanaca grisea, Esacus recurvirostris, Oedicnemus recurvirostris
Lithuanian: Didysis rifinis storkulnis, Didysis storkulnis
Latvian: dižais lielacis
Malayalam: പെരുങ്കൊക്കൻ പ്ലോവർ
Malay: Burung Kedidi Malam, Burung Pasir Terumbu, Burung Sisir Air
Nepali: ठूलो बगरबट्टाई
Dutch: Grote Griel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Krumnebbtriel
Norwegian: Krumnebbtriel
Polish: kulon wielkodzioby
Pinyin: dà shí-héng
Portuguese: Alcaravão-grande, Téu-téu-grande
Portuguese (Portugal): alcaravão-grande
Rhaeto-Romance: Burbin grond
Romanian: Pasărea ogorului mare
Russian: Большая рифовая авдотка, Крабовая авдотка
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Maha-Golukiraluwa
Slovak: Ležiak krabožravý
Slovenian: Krivokljuna prlivka
Serbian: Veliki ćurlikovac
Swedish: Strandtjockfot
Tamil: Musal Kinnathi
Thai: นกกระแตผีใหญ่
Thai (Transliteration): nók krà-taee-pʰĭi yày
Turkish: ., Kıyı Kocagözü
Ukrainian: Лежень великий
Vietnamese: Chim Burin lớn, Chim Rẽ mỏ to, Rẽ mỏ to, Rẽ mỏ to lớn
Chinese: 大石鸻
Chinese (Traditional): 大石鴴

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