Bird families · Charadriiformes

Stone-curlews, Thick-knees

Burhinidae · 10 species

Stone-curlews, Thick-knees (Burhinidae) is a family of 10 bird species in the order Charadriiformes. They live mostly in grassland, wetland, coastal habitats. The smallest is the Indian Stone-curlew and the largest the Beach Stone-curlew.

• Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris
• Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
• Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus
• Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
• Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
• Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
• Peruvian Thick-knee Burhinus superciliaris
• Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
• Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
• Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus