Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | torlit becgròs de l'Índia |
| Chinese (SIM) | 大石鸻 |
| Czech | dytík křivozobý |
| Dutch | Grote Griel |
| English | Great Thick-knee |
| English (India) | Great Thick-knee (Great Stone-curlew) |
| English (United Arab Emirates) | Great Stone-curlew |
| English (United States) | Great Thick-knee |
| French | Grand Oedicnème |
| French (France) | Grand Oedicnème |
| German | Krabbentriel |
| Japanese | ソリハシオオイシチドリ |
| Malayalam | പെരുങ്കൊക്കൻ പ്ലോവർ |
| Norwegian | krumnebbtriel |
| Persian | چاخ لق بزرگ |
| Polish | kulon wielkodzioby |
| Russian | Крабовая авдотка |
| Serbian | Veliki ćurlikovac |
| Slovak | ležiak krabožravý |
| Spanish | Alcaraván Piquigrueso Indio |
| Spanish (Spain) | Alcaraván piquigrueso indio |
| Swedish | strandtjockfot |
| Thai | นกกระแตผีใหญ่ |
| Turkish | Kıyı Kocagözü |
| Ukrainian | Лежень великий |
Esacus recurvirostris (Cuvier, 1829)
PROTONYM:
OEdicnemus recurvirostris
Cuvier, 1829. Le règne animal distribué d'aprés son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée ed. 2, 1, p.500.
TYPE LOCALITY:
No locality, = Nepal, fide Stuart Baker.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ESACUS
- recurvirostra / recurvirostris
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Great Thick-knee Esacus recurvirostris Scientific name definitions
Rob Hume and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 29, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 29, 2016
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Great Thick-knee Esacus recurvirostris
Authors
Rob Hume and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Hume, R. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Great Thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.grtkne1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- July 29, 2016
- Great Thick-knee Esacus recurvirostris
Authors
Rob Hume and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Hume, R. and G. M. Kirwan (2016). Great Thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
