#burhinus

[herpsandbirds]

In honor of a couple of kids I lost this past year at my zoo, can I request spotted dikkops and yellow-knobbed curassow? I love this blog!

Thank you booboo, we love you too. Here are some friends for you...

Spotted Thick-Knee or Spotted Dikkop (Burhinus capensis), family Burhinidae, order Charadriiformes, found in open grassland and desert habitat of Sub-Saharan Africa

photos: Maciej, Pierrev66, and Bernard DUPONT 

Yellow-knobbed Curassow (Crax daubentoni), males, family Cracidae, order Galliformes, Colombia

photographs by David Ascanio

[birdblues]

Eurasian Stone-curlew

[saritawolf]

Spotted Thick-knee (Burhinus capensis) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost

[every-day-creechur]

Senegal Thick-Knee Burhinus senegalensis

A stone-curlew, a medium-large wader found in central Africa. This species has a preference for dry open habitats with some bare ground, preferably near water. It lays two blotchy light brown eggs on a ground scrape. It is most active at dawn and dusk. The song is a loud pi-pi-pi-pi-pi-pi-pi.

Least Concern

image by Luc Claes

[snototter]

A bush stone curlew (Burhinus grallarius) in Queensland, Australia

by Kenny

[alonglistofbirds]

[2995/11080] Double-striped thick-knee - Burhinus bistriatus

Note: Clements places this bird in the genus Hesperoburhinus.

Order: Charadriiformes Suborder: Charadrii Family: Burhinidae (stone-curlews)

Photo credit: Jhon Velasquez via Macaulay Library

[animalids]

Senegal thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis)

Photo by Dirk van Mourik

[hello-birdies]

Burhinus indicus by Gurusan2010