Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Bulgarian | Двуивичест турилик |
Czech | dytík dvoupruhý |
Dutch | Caribische Griel |
English | Double-striped Thick-knee |
English (United States) | Double-striped Thick-knee |
French | Oedicnème bistrié |
French (France) | Oedicnème bistrié |
German | Dominikanertriel |
Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Kòk Savann |
Japanese | マミジロイシチドリ |
Norwegian | amerikatriel |
Polish | kulon amerykański |
Portuguese (Brazil) | téu-téu-da-savana |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Téu-téu-das-savanas |
Russian | Двухполосая авдотка |
Serbian | Dvoprugasti ćurlikovac |
Slovak | ležiak dvojpásy |
Spanish | Alcaraván Venezolano |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Alcaraván Americano |
Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Búcaro |
Spanish (Honduras) | Alcaraván |
Spanish (Mexico) | Alcaraván Americano |
Spanish (Panama) | Alcaraván Americano |
Spanish (Spain) | Alcaraván venezolano |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Dara |
Swedish | amerikansk tjockfot |
Turkish | Kaşlı Kocagöz |
Ukrainian | Лежень американський |
SPECIES
Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus
Katie LaBarbera
Version: 1.0 — Published July 2, 2010
Version: 1.0 — Published July 2, 2010
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Diet and Foraging
Diet
The feeding habits of this species are poorly known. It forages at or after dusk for worms, insects, molluscs, and occasionally lizards and small rodents (Hume 2004).
The stomach of a female collected in Texas contained three beetles (two Scarabaeidae, one Carabidae), a weevil (Curculionidae), and the legs and hard parts of several grasshoppers (MacInnes and Chamberlain 1963).