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Eurasian Thick-knee

Burhinus oedicnemus (Linnaeus, C 1758)

The Eurasian stone-curlew, Eurasian thick-knee, or simply stone-curlew is a northern species of the Burhinidae (stone-curlew) bird family. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Burhinidae
Genus:
   Burhinus
Scientific:
  Burhinus oedicnemus


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.151

Protonym:
  Charadrius Oedicnemus

Type locality:
  England.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/170/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  C7DB323E37CEDBE6

Avibase ID:
  avibase-C7DB323E

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/C7DB323E


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176749

Geographic range:

  • Burhinus oedicnemus: breeds open flat areas near sparse cover from England eastward to northeastern Xinjiang (western China), in south from Mauretania eastward to western and central Pakistan, and including Canary Islands (central Macaronesia) and some Mediterranean islands; winters to south as far as southern Kenya and Arabian Peninsula
  • Burhinus oedicnemus oedicnemus: breeds in southern England (now very local) eastward to Volga River delta (southwestern Russia) and in south from Iberian Peninsula to Azerbaijan (Caucasus); winters to northern and eastern Africa, Arabian Peninsula, and southwestern Asia
  • Burhinus oedicnemus saharae: Balearic Islands, Malta, and Cyprus (western to eastern Mediterranean Sea), Türkiye to Iraq and Iran, and northern Africa eastward to Nile Valley and southward to western Mauretania
  • Burhinus oedicnemus insularum: Fuerteventura to Alegranza (eastern Canary Islands, central Macaronesia)
  • Burhinus oedicnemus harterti: Volga River delta (southwestern Russia) eastward to northeastern Xinjiang (western China) and southward to southwestern Kazakhstan and western and central Pakistan; winters to northeastern Africa and southwestern Asia
  • Burhinus oedicnemus distinctus: El Hierro to Gran Canaria (western and central Canary Islands, central Macaronesia)
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English:
Eurasian Thick-knee
Catalan:
Torlit comú
Czech:
Dytík úhorní
Danish:
Triel
German:
Triel
Spanish:
Alcaraván Común
Spanish (Spain):
Alcaraván Común
Finnish:
Paksujalka
French:
Oedicnème criard
Croatian:
Ćukavica
Hungarian:
Ugartyúk
Icelandic:
Tríll
Italian:
Occhione
Japanese (romaji):
ishichidori
Japanese:
イシチドリ
Lithuanian:
Storkulnis
Dutch:
Griel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Triel
Norwegian:
Triel
Polish:
kulon
Portuguese:
Alcaravão
Portuguese (Portugal):
alcaravão-eurasiático
Russian:
Авдотка
Slovak:
ležiak úhorový
Serbian:
Ćurlikovac
Swedish:
tjockfot
Ukrainian:
Лежень
Chinese:
欧石鸻
Chinese (Traditional):
歐石鴴


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Eurasian Thick-knee ( Burhinus oedicnemus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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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):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition):
Stone-curlew ( Burhinus oedicnemus)
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.):
Stone-curlew ( Burhinus oedicnemus)
Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Burhinus [oedicnemus or indicus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Abkhazian: аӠаб, аӠиуау, аӠиуоу
Afrikaans: Eurasiese dikkop
Arabic: الكروان, كروان اوراسي
Asturian: Gachegu, Gachegu común
Azerbaijani: Adi pərttəgöz, avdot cüllütü, Çobanaldadan, çobanaldadan pərtəgöz
Bashkir: сыбар көйөлдө, төн сәпсәүе
Belarusian: Палянiк, Палянік
Bulgarian: Совоок турилик, Турилик
Bengali: ইউরেশীয় মোটাহাঁটু, িআিঈময঱ীয় হভাটা঴াুঁটু
Bengali (transliteration): i'urēśīẏa mōṭāhām̐ṭu
Breton: Ar bourlagad kirie, Bourlagad kirie
Catalan: Torlit, Torlit comú
Catalan (Balears): Sebel·lí
Valencian: Hubara
Montenegrin: noćni potrk, ноћни потрк
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): ноћни потрк
Czech: Dytík úhorní
Welsh: Rhedwr y Moelydd
Danish: Triel
German: Triel
Greek: (Ευρωπαϊκή) Πετροτουρλίδα, Αφρικανική Πετροτουρλίδα, Πετρoτουρλίδα, Πετροτουρλίδα, Τρουλλουρίδα
Greek (Cypriot): Τρουλλουρίδα
English: Eurasian Stone-curlew, Eurasian Thick-knee, Stone curlew, Stone-curlew
English (United Kingdom): Stone-curlew
English, HBW: Eurasian Thick-knee
English (India): Eurasian Thick-knee (Eurasian Stone-curlew)
English (IOC): Eurasian Stone-curlew
English (Kenya): Stone-curlew
English (UAE): Eurasian Stone-curlew
English (United States): Eurasian Thick-knee
Esperanto: trielo
Spanish: Alcaraván Común
Spanish (Spain): Alcaraván Común
Spanish (HBW): Alcaraván común
Estonian: harilik jämejalg, Jämejalg
Basque: Atalar, Atalarra
Persian: چاخ‌ لق معمولی, چاخ‌لق اوراسیایی, چاخ‌لق معمولی
Finnish: Paksujalka
Faroese: læmingur
French: Oedicnème criard
Friulian: cou, duriat, durlic
Frisian: Tsjokpoat
Irish: Crotach Cloch
Gaelic: Cuilbneach nan Clach
Galician: Alcaraván, Pernileiro europeo
Manx: Crottag ny glagh
Hebrew: כרוון, כרוון מצוי
Hindi: Kannadi al katti
Croatian: Ćukavica
Hungarian: Ugartyúk
Armenian: Ավդոտկա
Icelandic: Tríll
Italian: Occhione, Occhione eurasiatico
Japanese (romaji): ishichidori, ishi-chidori
Japanese: イシチドリ
Japanese (Kanji): 石千鳥
Georgian: თვალჭყეტია
Kara-Kalpak: жылқышы
Kabardian: джэдкусэ, мэкъупӀэджэд
Mongolian, Halh: шарандан
Kazakh: балшықшы тырду, дырду, Тырду
Kazakh (Transliteration): tırdw
Karachay-Balkar: кечеги къыргьый
North Karelian: pakšujalka
Cornish: Glynbras
Kirghiz: жылкычы чулдук, кадимки жылкычы чулдук
Scientific: Burhinus oedicnemus, Burhinus oedicnemus oedicnemus, Charadrius Oedicnemus, Oedicnemus crepitans
Luxembourgish: Dril
Lithuanian: Paprastasis storkulnis, Storkulnis
Latvian: lielacis
Macedonian: Чурлин, Чурулин
Malayalam: വയല്‍ക്കണ്ണന്‍ 
Mongolian: шарандан, Эгэл шарандан
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠡᠭᠡᠯ ᠰᠢᠷᠠᠩᠳᠠᠩ
Mongolian (Transliteration): egel sharandaŋ
Moldavian: Pasărea ogorului
Malay: Burung Pasir Padang, Burung Sisir Batu
Maltese: Tellerita, telleriti
Dutch: Griel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Triel
Norwegian: Triel
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): meriharakku
Polish: kulon, kulon (zwyczajny)
Pinyin: ōu shí-héng, shí-héng
Portuguese: Alcaravão
Portuguese (Portugal): Alcaravão, alcaravão-eurasiático
Romansh: Burbin
Rhaeto-Romance: Burbin
Romanian: Pasărea ogorului
Russian: Aвдотка, Авдотка
Scots: Cuilbneach nan clach
Northern Sami: Gassajuolgi
Slovak: ležiak úhorový
Slovenian: Prlivka
Albanian: Gjelaci symadh
Serbian: Ćurlikovac, noćni potrk
Swedish: Tjockfot
Swahili: Chekehukwa wa Ulaya
Tajik: авдотка, лойхӯраки даштӣ, яккаҷеғ
Thai: นกกระแตผีเล็ก
Thai (Transliteration): nók krà-taee-pʰĭi lék
Turkmen: çakyryk
Turkish: Bayağı kocagöz, Kocagöz, Тырду
Tuvinian: Дүнеки сайжи, дүнеки сайжы
Ukrainian: Лежень, Лежень степовий
Uzbek: йилқичи
Vietnamese: Chim Burin
Kalmyk: авдотк, шарнда, шарында
Chinese: 欧石鸻, 石鸻
Chinese (Traditional): 歐石鴴, 石鴴

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