Urban Bush Thickknees

["Peter Shute" <>]

peter crow wrote on Thursday, 17 April 2008 1:51 PM:

> I don't have the time or the interest to look up all the
> field guides
> to answer you question but if you should check some world bird lists
> you "may" find that other birds of the family in distant lands are
> know as thick knees.

That is indeed the case.  Our stone-curlews are the odd ones out.
Perhaps it's our international travellers who mostly use the other name.

Peter Shute
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