Indian stone-curlew or Indian thick-knee
(Burhinus indicus)
The Indian stone-curlew or Indian thick-knee (Burhinus indicus) is a species of bird in the family Burhinidae.
This species is found in the plains of South and South-eastern Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam.
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.
indicus: Latin for Indian.











