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Great Thick-knee
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Great Thick-knee

Great Thick-knee or the Great Stone-plover or the Great Stone-curlew is a wader bird and despite being classed as a wader, this species prefers dry open habitats with some bare ground. It is mostly found at gravel banks along rivers or large lakes and also at beaches. In India it Read more…

By Vishal Vasu, 8 yearsOctober 4, 2017 ago
Eurasian Thick-knee
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Eurasian Thick-knee

Eurasian Thick-knee, also known as the Eurasian Stone Curlew or simply Stone-curlew, is a bird from the wader family. Despite being classed as a wader, this species prefer dry open habitats with some bare ground like dry stony pastures or dried mud. Thick-knees are so named because of their prominent Read more…

By Vishal Vasu, 8 yearsSeptember 20, 2017 ago
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