Esacus
| Esacus | |
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| Beach stone-curlew | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Burhinidae |
| Genus: | Esacus Lesson, 1831 |
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| Light green shows distribution of E. giganteus. Dark green shows distribution of E. recurvirostris. | |
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.
- Great stone-curlew (Esacus recurvirostris)
- Beach stone-curlew (Esacus magnirostris)
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