Double-striped Thick-knee
Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,490
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Double-striped thick-knee”.