Burhinus is a genus of birds in the family Burhinidae. 

1/ Eurasian stone-curlew, Eurasian thick-knee, or simply stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) 
The species epithet oedicnemus combines the Greek oidio meaning "to swell", and kneme meaning "shin" or "leg".

2/ Indian stone-curlew or Indian thick-knee (Burhinus indicus)

Charadriiformes, Charadriidae, Charadrius: Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate; from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine").

Burhinidae is a taxonomic family of birds (stone-curlews/thick-knees) derived from New Latin Burhinus and the suffix -idae. 

The genus name Burhinus comes from the Greek bous for ox, and rhis (stem rhin-) for nose, referring to their thick and heavy bill.