Esacus

Esacus
Beach stone-curlew (E. magnirostris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Burhinidae
Genus: Esacus
Lesson, 1831
Type species
Oedicnemus recurvirostris
Cuvier, 1829
  E. magnirostris range
Great stone-curlew

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.