Stone-curlews, Thick-knees

Eurasian Stone-curlew

Burhinus oedicnemus

The Eurasian Stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) is a 459 g grassland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It migrates.

Family

Stone-curlews, Thick-knees

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

459 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

35

Recorded in France, Spain, Israel, United Kingdom, Portugal, Netherlands, Morocco, Greece, Sweden, Italy, Cyprus, Turkey, Palestine, Denmark, Bulgaria, Romania, Norway, United Arab Emirates, Belgium, Ukraine, Hungary, Croatia, Tunisia, Albania, Montenegro, Germany, Iran, Algeria, EH, Kazakhstan, Russia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Senegal, China.

Where to see it: Gleb Jdiane (Western Sahara); west of Juliana (Libya); Narta Lagoon (Albania); Ulcinj Salina (Montenegro); Mandria (Μανδριά) · Coast (Cyprus).

Photo: (c) bigayon, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist