Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Charadriiformes > Burhinidae > Esacus

Esacus (stone curlews)

Synonyms: Aesacus; Orthorhamphus

Wikipedia Abstract

Esacus is a genus of bird in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae. The genus is distributed from Pakistan and India to Australia. It contains two species. \n* Great stone-curlew (Esacus recurvirostris) \n* Beach stone-curlew (Esacus magnirostris)
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Species

Esacus magnirostris (beach stone curlew) (Attributes)
Esacus recurvirostris (Great Stone-curlew) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0