Stone-curlews-Thick-knees Archives - Birds of Gujarat https://www.birdsofgujarat.in/category/stone-curlews-thick-knees/ Field Guide to the Birds of Gujarat Wed, 04 Oct 2017 12:37:40 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.birdsofgujarat.in/wp-content/uploads/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Stone-curlews-Thick-knees Archives - Birds of Gujarat https://www.birdsofgujarat.in/category/stone-curlews-thick-knees/ 32 32 Great Thick-knee https://www.birdsofgujarat.in/stone-curlews-thick-knees/great-thick-knee/ Wed, 04 Oct 2017 12:27:54 +0000 https://www.birdsofgujarat.in/?p=3688 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…

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]]> Eurasian Thick-knee https://www.birdsofgujarat.in/stone-curlews-thick-knees/eurasian-thick-knee/ Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:20:37 +0000 https://www.birdsofgujarat.in/?p=3586 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…

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