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Thick-knees, stone-curlews
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Burhinidae
9 species
widespread in open habitats;
35-52 cm; bill stout; head large, broad, with large eyes; tail moderately long for a shorebird, graduated; legs long; tibiotarsal joint thickened; 3 toes, partially webbed; crepuscular and nocturnal, vocal at night; cursorial; sexes similar;
monogamous; usually 2 eggs in scrape; biparental care.
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus calling
