Dear Friends,
I though I would check what Gill & Wrights,2006,Birds of the
World:Recommended English Names, the new authority on the subject, say:
We seem to have two bob each way.
Eurasian Stone-Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
Double-triped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus
Peruvian Thick-knee Burhinus supercilaris
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
Beach Stone-curlew Esacus neglectus
John Penhallurick
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Sent: Thursday, 17 April 2008 2:09 PM
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Subject: Urban Bush Thickknees
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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