Beach Stone-curlew (Esacus magnirostris) | Photos and ID

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Beach Stone-curlew (Esacus magnirostris), photo 3 — Photo: joseal · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The beach stone-curlew is 54-56 cm (21-22 in) long. At a mean of 1,032 g (2.275 lb) in males and 1,000 g (2.2 lb) in females, it is the heaviest living member of the Charadriiformes outside of the gull and skua families. They have black and white face patterning, yellow eyes and a grey-brown upper body. Voice: As an alarm, the bird will make a chwip-chwip to ward creatures away from their territory.

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When to see the Beach Stone-curlew

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Beach Stone-curlew

Regular range

The map shades 11 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Australia Indonesia India Thailand Timor-Leste Solomon Islands Papua New Guinea Philippines Malaysia Myanmar (Burma) Singapore

About the Beach Stone-curlew

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.

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Easily confused with

Great Stone-curlewEsacus recurvirostrisThe great thick-knee is a large wader at 49–55 cm, and has a massive 7 cm bill with the lower mandible with a sharp angle giving it an upturned appearance.

Side by side: Beach Stone-curlew vs Great Stone-curlew

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