Burhinus oedicnemus


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Noun1.Burhinus oedicnemus - large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint
stone curlew, thick-knee
limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird - any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries
Burhinus, genus Burhinus - type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews
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Nest and egg crypsis in the ground-nesting Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus. J.
Does natural visual camouflage reduce turtle nest predation?
Pattern of wing moult and its relationship to breeding in the Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus. Ardea, 96: 251-260
Tecnica de deslumbramiento nocturno para la captura de alcaravanes peruanos (Burhinus superciliaris) y primeros datos sobre secuencia de muda y biometria
Mycoplasmas isolated from stone curlews (Burhinus oedicnemus) used in falconry in the United Arab Emirates.
American kestrel (Falco spaverius) fledgling with severe bilateral periorbital swelling and infection with Mycoplasma buteonis, Avibacterium (Pasteurella) gallinarum, and Staphylococcus pasteuri

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