Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemus
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Thick-knees and Stone-curlews (Burhinidae)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Overview
The Eurasian stone-curlew, Eurasian thick-knee, or simply stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus), is a northern species of the Burhinidae (stone-curlew) bird family.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Central African Republic
- China
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guinea
- Hungary
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Somalia
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Uzbekistan
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Eurasian stone-curlew
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
