Great Stone-curlew
Esacus recurvirostris
NTNear Threatened
- Family
- Thick-knees and Stone-curlews (Burhinidae)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Overview
The great stone-curlew or great thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris) is a large wader which is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh into South-east Asia.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Estuaries of southern Iran; riverine systems of Indus Valley (central Pakistan), sub-Himalayan India southward to Sri Lanka and eastward to northern Thailand, northern Cambodia, and Vietnam.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Great 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.
