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Burhinidae is a bird family which is often known as stone-curlews, or dikkops or thick-knees.
The family contains three genera: Hesperoburhinus, Burhinus and Esacus. The name Burhinus combines the Ancient Greek bous meaning "ox" and rhis, rhinos meaning "nose" (or "bill").

The stone-curlews are not closely related to the curlews, genus Numenius, that belong to the sandpiper family Scolopacidae.

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.

Esacus is a genus of bird in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae. The genus contains two species: the great stone-curlew and the beach stone-curlew.
The name is from Ancient Greek aisakos an unidentified bird variously associated with a robin, a shorebird or a cormorant.

1/ Great stone-curlew or great thick-knee (Rẽ mỏ to, Esacus recurvirostris)
The specific epithet recurvirostris combines Latin recurvis meaning "bent backwards" with -rostris meaning "-billed".

Eurasian stone-curlew, Eurasian thick-knee, or simply stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) 

The Eurasian stone-curlew, Eurasian thick-knee, or simply stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) is a northern species of the Burhinidae (stone-curlew) bird family.

The bird is found Europe, north Africa and southwestern Asia. 
This species is a summer migrant.

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.

The species epithet oedicnemus combines the Greek oidio meaning "to swell", and kneme meaning "shin" or "leg".

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.