Eurasian stone-curlew: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Eurasian stone-curlew lives – recorded in 21 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Burhinus oedicnemus
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	21 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe
Mass	42 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Burhinidae

Where does the Eurasian stone-curlew live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Eurasian stone-curlew in 21 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an Eurasian stone-curlew?

Wikidata records the following for the Eurasian stone-curlew: mass 42 g (birth weight).

Is the Eurasian stone-curlew endangered?

The Eurasian stone-curlew’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Eurasian stone-curlew?

The Eurasian stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Burhinidae, genus Burhinus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Eurasian stone-curlew

The Eurasian stone-curlew, Eurasian thick-knee, or simply stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus), is a northern species of the Burhinidae (stone-curlew) bird family.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Eurasian stone-curlew (revision 1364968626), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q184834 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).