Great Thick-knee Esacus recurvirostris Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (27)
- Monotypic
Rob Hume and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 29, 2016
Text last updated July 29, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | torlit becgròs de l'Índia |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 大石鴴 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 大石鸻 |
| Czech | dytík křivozobý |
| Dutch | Grote Griel |
| English | Great Thick-knee |
| English (Hong Kong SAR China) | Great Stone-Curlew |
| English (India) | Great Thick-knee (Great Stone-curlew) |
| English (United Arab Emirates) | Great Stone-curlew |
| English (United States) | Great Thick-knee |
| French | Grand Oedicnème |
| French (France) | Grand Oedicnème |
| German | Krabbentriel |
| Japanese | ソリハシオオイシチドリ |
| Malayalam | പെരുങ്കൊക്കൻ പ്ലോവർ |
| Norwegian | krumnebbtriel |
| Persian | چاخ لق بزرگ |
| Polish | kulon wielkodzioby |
| Russian | Крабовая авдотка |
| Serbian | Veliki ćurlikovac |
| Slovak | ležiak krabožravý |
| Spanish | Alcaraván Piquigrueso Indio |
| Spanish (Spain) | Alcaraván piquigrueso indio |
| Swedish | strandtjockfot |
| Thai | นกกระแตผีใหญ่ |
| Turkish | Kıyı Kocagözü |
| Ukrainian | Лежень великий |
Esacus recurvirostris (Cuvier, 1829)
PROTONYM:
OEdicnemus recurvirostris
Cuvier, 1829. Le règne animal distribué d'aprés son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée ed. 2, 1, p.500.
TYPE LOCALITY:
No locality, = Nepal, fide Stuart Baker.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ESACUS
- recurvirostra / recurvirostris
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Great Thick-knee
