Great stone-curlew
| Great stone-curlew | |
|---|---|
| Ranganathittu, Karnataka | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Burhinidae |
| Genus: | Esacus |
| Species: | E. recurvirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Esacus recurvirostris (Cuvier, 1829) | |
E. recurvirostris range | |
The great stone-curlew or great thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris) is a large wader which is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh into South-east Asia.