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large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint

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Particularly in the Peruvian Thick-knee, most basic questions about its life history remain unknown (e.g.

Despite the small sample size, this paper first documents the molt patterns and biometrics of free ranging Peruvian Thick-knees. The Peruvian Thick-knee (body length: 380-400 mm, wing length: 228-235, body mass: 465-460 g) is similar in size and proportions to most species in the genus Burhinus (body lengths: 320-480 mm, wing lengths: 200-248 mm, body masses: 290-535 g), except for B.

Tecnica de deslumbramiento nocturno para la captura de alcaravanes peruanos (Burhinus superciliaris) y primeros datos sobre secuencia de muda y biometria

The Great Thick-knee was discovered during a regular recent bird-counting exercise on Bul Syayeef, just west of the Musaffah channel in Abu Dhabi.

The Great Thick-knee is a unique-looking large wading bird, well adapted to its diet of crabs, large insects and other small animals.

30 years' hard work pays off with sighting of rare bird

Dubai Rare animals, including a thread snake, Asian desert warbler and the Eurasian thick-knee have been found in the Bab Al Shams desert recently.

"Karwan is the Arabic name for the Eurasian thick-knee. During the last century it used to be hunted by falcons."

Animal expert finds rare species in Dubai

39 What is the alternative name for the birds sometimes called thick-knees?

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Shore bird numbers are declining, he says, particularly among oystercatchers, red-capped dotterels and beach thick-knees. On the inland roads, environmental impact assessments have shown accelerated erosion caused by the churning tires.

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