Species profile—Esacus magnirostris (beach stone-curlew)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Burhinidae (thick-knees) → Esacus magnirostris (beach stone-curlew)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Burhinidae (thick-knees)
- Scientific name
- Esacus magnirostris (Vieillot, 1818)
- Common name
- beach stone-curlew
- Type reference
- Vieillot, L.P. (1818). Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, appliquee aux arts, principalement a l'Agriculture, a l'Ecomomie rurale et domestique, a la Medecine, etc. Par une societe de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. Nouvelle Edition. Paris : Deterville Vol. 23.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1958
- Synonym(s)
- Esacus neglectus
Esacus giganteus
Burhinus giganteus
Orthorhamphus magnirostris
Burhinus magnirostris
Oedicnemus magnirostris
Burhinus neglectus - Alternate name(s)
- Beach thick-knee
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Vulnerable
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- High
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1958
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
