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Species profile—Burhinus grallarius (bush stone-curlew)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Burhinidae (thick-knees) → Burhinus grallarius (bush stone-curlew)

Photo of Burhinus grallarius (bush stone-curlew) - McDougall (Rockhampton), A.,QPWS,2006
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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Burhinidae (thick-knees)
Scientific name
Burhinus grallarius (Latham, 1801)
Common name
bush stone-curlew
WildNet taxon ID
1956
Synonym(s)
Burhinus magnirostris
Alternate name(s)
bush thick-knee
willaroo
weeloo
southern stone-curlew
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Terrestrial

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1956

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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