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English Eurasian Stone-curlew
Scientific (Burhinus oedicnemus saharae)
Order CHARADRIIFORMES
Family (Latin) Burhinidae
Family (English) Stone-curlews, Thick-knees
Other name(s) Stone Curlew, Eurasian Thick-knee
Breeding Regions PAL
Breeding Range Subregions w Europe, Canary Is. and n Africa to Lithuania, n Kazakhstan and far w China, s to Levant, Iraq and w Pakistan
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahrain,Belarus,Bhutan,Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,Cambodia,Central African Republic,Chad,Croatia,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Democratic Republic of Congo,Denmark,Djibouti, Egypt,Equatorial Guinea,Eritrea,Estonia,Ethiopia,Finland,France,Georgia,Germany,Gibraltar, Greece,Guinea,Hungary,India - mainland,Iran,Iraq,Israel,Italy,Jordan,Kazakhstan, Kenya,Kuwait,Kyrgyzstan,Laos,Lebanon,Libya,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Macedonia, Mali,Malta,Mauritania,Moldova,Montenegro,Morocco,Myanmar,Nepal,Netherlands,Niger, Nigeria,Norway,Oman,Pakistan,Palestine,Poland,Portugal,Qatar,Romania,Russia, Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Serbia,Sierra Leone,Slovakia,Slovenia,Somalia,South Sudan,Spain,Sri Lanka, Sudan,Switzerland,Syria,Tajikistan,Tanzania,Thailand,Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Uganda, Ukraine,United Arab Emirates,United Kingdom,Uzbekistan,Vietnam,Western Sahara,Yemen,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
oedicnemus s Britain and Iberian Pen. (w, s Europe) to Lithuania and Volga River delta (n Caspian Sea)
distinctus El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, Tenerife and Gran Canaria (w, c Canary Is.; c Macaronesia, w of nw Africa)
insularum Fuerteventura to Alegranza (e Canary Is.; Macaronesia, w of nw Africa)
saharae n Africa s to Mauretania and e to Nile Valley; Balearics, Malta and Cyprus (w to e Mediterranean Sea); Turkey and Levant to Iraq and Iran
harterti Volga River delta, w to e Kazakhstan to w Xinjiang (w China) and w, c Pakistan
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Linnaeus, 1758)
German Triel
French Œdicnème criard
Chinese 石鸻
Japanese イシチドリ
Russian Авдотка
Spanish Alcaraván común
Portuguese alcaravão-comum
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)