Burhinus oedicnemus

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,012 meters (0 to 9,882 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     4.5     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Burhinus oedicnemus (Linnaeus) • Burhinus oedicnemus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Burhinus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 22 species and subspecies in this genus:

B. bistriatus (Double-Striped Thick Knee) · B. bistriatus bistriatus (Double-Striped Stone-Curlew) · B. capensis (Cape Thicknee) · B. capensis capensis (Spotted Thick-Knee) · B. capensis damarensis (Dahlak Island Thick-Knee) · B. capensis dodsoni (Arabian Thick-Knee) · B. capensis maculosus (Cape Dikkop) · B. grallarius (Bush Stone-Curlew) · B. indicus (Indian Stone Curlew) · B. magnirostris (Beach Thick-Knee) · B. oedicnemus (Eurasian Stone-Curlew) · B. oedicnemus distinctus (Stone Curlew) · B. oedicnemus harterti (Central Eurasian Thick-Knee) · B. oedicnemus insularum (Eastern Canarian Eurasian Thick-Knee) · B. oedicnemus oedicnemus (Eurasian Stone-Curlew) · B. oedicnemus saharae (East Mediterranean Eurasian Thick-Knee) · B. senegalensis (Senegal Stone-Curlew) · B. senegalensis inornatus (North-East African Senegal Thick-Knee) · B. senegalensis senegalensis (Senegal Stone-Curlew) · B. superciliaris (Peruvian Stone-Curlew) · B. vermiculatus (Water Thick-Knee) · B. vermiculatus vermiculatus (Water Thick-Knee)

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Further Reading

• A guide to the birds of Nepal Christopher Helm (Publishers) Ltd. url p. 142.
• A hand-list of genera and species of birds of the Indian empire, by E. C. Stuart Baker. .. Bombay, Printed by order of the committee of the Bombay natural history society[1923] url p. 210.
• An environmental profile of the Black Sea Coast WCMC url p. 23, p. 27, p. 30, p. 31, p. 35, p. 69.
• Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 5, October 1990: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN url p. 11.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 239.
• Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. 1972 New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, url p. 141, fig. 22.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1950-1977. url p. 206, p. 208, p. 220, p. 221, p. 318.
• Checklists for the CORINE Biotopes Programme and its application in the PHARE countries of Central and East Europe: including comparisons with relevant conventions and agreements on the conservation of European species and habitats EC url p. 100, p. 151.
• Directory of Wetlands of International Importance. IUCN url p. 258, p. 272, p. 285, p. 287, p. 288, p. 333, p. 366, p. 379, p. 395, p. 54, p. 564, p. 75.
• Effects of highways on wildlife and fish with special reference to Montana a ProCite literature collection / Bozeman, Mont.: Fish and Wildlife Management Program, Montana State University, 2001 url .
• Fleas, flukes & cuckoos; a study of bird parasites, by Miriam Rothschild and Theresa Clay. New York, Macmillan, 1957. url p. 303.
• IUCN Directory of South Asian Protected Areas IUCN url p. 141.
• Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 253.
• MAB Information System: Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: Supplement January 1988 UNESCO, IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url .
• Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 3 1968 San Diego, Calif.: The Society, 1931-1989. url fig. 21, page 26, p. 46.
• Nature Reserves of the Himalaya and the Mountains of Central Asia IUCN url p. 457, p. 462.
• Parental care and its evolution in birds. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1952. url p. 347.
• Postilla. 1968 New Haven, Conn.: Peabody Museum of Natural History, [1950?]-c2004. url p. 17.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 201.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 144 1962 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 43.
• Special scientific report--wildlife / U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service, 1949- url p. 130, p. 594, p. 595, p. 79.
• The Auk. Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists' Union, etc., 1884- url p. 341, p. 465.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 719.
• The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, url p. 664.
• The Marine Mammal Commission compendium of selected treaties, international agreements, and other relevant documents on marine resources, wildlife, and the environment / compiled by Richard L. Wallace. Washington, D.C.: The Commission; 1994 url p. 689.
• The natural history of the USSR / Algirdas Knystautas; foreword by Vladimir Flint; [translation, John S. Scott]. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987. url p. 217.
• Types of birds in the Tring Museum. n. p., 1922? url .

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2009. Burhinus oedicnemus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 26, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Bird Collection
• European Environment Agency, EUNIS
• Institute of Nature Conservation PAS, National System of Proetcted Areas
• Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• Senckenberg, Collection Aves
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Western Palearctic migrants in continental Africa
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Birds
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens
• inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn, inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8186
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176749
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4469816
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176749
• IUCN ID: 196429
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 142626

Footnotes

1. Mean = 1,092.080 meters (3,582.940 feet), Standard Deviation = 497.070 based on 11,168 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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