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Alternative name: Stone Curlew

Burhinus oedicnemus
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Location: Weeting NWT, Norfolk, England

Identification

Distribution

Western Palearctic, tropical north Africa and Asia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies1

  • B. o. distinctus - W Canary Islands
  • B. o. insularum - E Canary Islands
  • B. o. saharae - N Africa, Mediterranean is., Greece, Turkey to Iraq and Iran
  • B. o. oedicnemus - S Britain and Iberian Peninsula to n Balkans and Caucasus
  • B. o. harterti - Volga River to Turkestan, Pakistan and extreme nw India
  • B. o. indicus - India and Sri Lanka to Indochina; winters to Africa and Arabia

Habitat

Behaviour

Vocalisation

<flashmp3>Burhinus oedicnemus (song).mp3</flashmp3>
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References

  1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

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