John et al,
Perhaps we should change them all to "Thick-kneed Stone-Curlew" to
keep every-one happy.
Carl Clifford
On 17/04/2008, at 2:20 PM, John Penhallurick wrote:
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
To: peter crow
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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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