BirdUp · Species
Beach Stone-curlew
Esacus magnirostris(Vieillot, 1818)
Also known asWee-lo
Near ThreatenedNative
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Burhinidae
- Genus
- Esacus
- Conservation
- Near Threatened
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The beach stone-curlew also known as beach thick-knee is a large, ground-dwelling bird that occurs in Australasia, the islands of South-east Asia. At 55 cm (22 in) and 1 kg (2.2 lb), it is one of the world's largest shorebirds.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- OR, AU : coasts and islets of tropical east Indian and west Pacific oceans: Andaman Is., Malay Pen. and south-west and south Philippines, Indonesian Arch., New Guinea and satellites, north-central WA to south-east NSW (north-west, north and east Australia), Bismarck Arch. (including Admiralty Is.), north to south-east Solomon Is. (except Rennell)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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