Species profile—Esacus magnirostris (beach stone-curlew)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Burhinidae (stone-curlews) → Esacus magnirostris (beach stone-curlew)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Burhinidae (stone-curlews)
- 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
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
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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=1958.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
