Stone-curlews, Thick-knees

Beach Stone-curlew

Esacus magnirostris

The Beach Stone-curlew (Esacus magnirostris) is a 1.0 kg coastal bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Stone-curlews, Thick-knees

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

1.0 kg

Habitat

Coastal

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

8

Photo: Greg Schechter from San Francisco, USA, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons