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GrasslandScrapeLarge · 307 g
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This stocky and brown ground bird with large eyes is about 41 centimeters in length. It has dark streaks on a sandy brown ground colour and is plover-like. The large head has a dark stripe bordering a creamy moustachial stripe below the eye. There is also a narrow creamy supercilium. The legs are stout and the knees are thick, giving them the group of name of "thick-knee". They have large yellow eyes. The sexes are alike and the immature is paler than adult with more marked buff and streaks on the underparts.
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When to see the Indian Stone-curlew
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Indian Stone-curlew
The map shades 10 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Indian Stone-curlew
The Indian stone-curlew or Indian thick-knee is a species of bird in the family Burhinidae. It was formerly included as a subspecies of the Eurasian stone-curlew. This species is found in the plains of South and South-eastern Asia. They have large eyes and are brown with streaks and pale marks making it hard to spot against the background of soils and rocks. Mostly active in the dark, they produce calls similar to the true curlews, giving them their names.
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Easily confused with
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisSenegal thick-knees are medium-large waders with strong black and yellow black bills, large yellow eyes — which give them a reptilian appearance — and cryptic plumage.
Bush Stone-curlewBurhinus grallariusA species of Burhinus, a genus of large-eyed and long-legged terrestrial foragers known as thick-knees, it is slender in form and a grey and brown colour with distinctive markings.
Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatusThe water thick-knee is 38 to 41 cm (15–16 in) and weighs 293–320 g (10.3–11.3 oz).
Side by side: Indian Stone-curlew vs Water Thick-knee · Bush Stone-curlew vs Indian Stone-curlew · Indian Stone-curlew vs Senegal Thick-knee
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