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Double-striped thick-knee
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The double-striped thick-knee (Hesperoburhinus bistriatus) is a stone-curlew, a group of waders in the family Burhinidae. The vernacular name refers to the prominent joints in the long greenish-grey legs, and bistriatus to the two stripes of the head pattern.
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Double-striped thick-knee | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Burhinidae |
Genus: | Hesperoburhinus |
Species: | H. bistriatus |
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Hesperoburhinus bistriatus (Wagler, 1829) | |
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range (year-round resident) |
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