Esacus | |
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Beach stone-curlew (E. magnirostris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Burhinidae |
Genus: | Esacus Lesson, 1831 |
Type species | |
Oedicnemus recurvirostris Cuvier, 1829
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E. recurvirostris range E. magnirostris range
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Esacus is a genus of bird in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae. The genus is distributed from Pakistan and India to Australia. It contains two species, the great stone-curlew and the beach stone-curlew.