Double-striped Thick-knee (Hesperoburhinus bistriatus)
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Double-striped Thick-knee

Hesperoburhinus bistriatus (Wagler, 1829)

50 cmLength

The double-striped thick-knee (Hesperoburhinus bistriatus) is a stone-curlew, a group of waders in the family Burhinidae.

Busiest months: January–March · Most records: Costa Rica, Venezuela, Mexico

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: January–March · Most records: Costa Rica, Venezuela, Mexico

Double-striped Thick-knee has been recorded at 103 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 11 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

  1. Tárcoles – Tour en BoteCosta Rica1,780 records
  2. Ensenada Lodge [Área General]Costa Rica669 records
  3. PN Palo VerdeCosta Rica590 records
More places
  1. Camino a Las Barrancas – Km 0-5Mexico584 records
  2. Arrocera Del ValleNicaragua559 records
  3. PN Palo Verde – OTS Station and marshCosta Rica421 records
  4. Hato El CedralVenezuela255 records
  5. Hato La Aurora – Ecolodge Juan SolitoColombia255 records
  6. Jardín Botánico de MaracaiboVenezuela232 records
  7. Reserva El Jicarito – Entrada principalHonduras214 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Costa RicaVenezuelaMexicoColombiaNicaraguaHondurasCuraçaoGuyana

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The double-striped thick-knee (Hesperoburhinus bistriatus) is a stone-curlew, a group of waders in the family Burhinidae. The vernacular name refers to the prominent joints in the long greenish-grey legs, and bistriatus to the two stripes of the head pattern.

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Questions

How big is the Double-striped Thick-knee?

The Double-striped Thick-knee is about 50 cm long.

Where does the Double-striped Thick-knee live?

Its breeding range: Middle America, South America: inland southern Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica; northern Hispaniola; Colombia to northern Brazil. It is most often recorded in Costa Rica, Venezuela and Mexico.

When is the best time to see the Double-striped Thick-knee?

At the hotspots we track, it is recorded most in January, February and March (Northern Hemisphere).

What family is the Double-striped Thick-knee in?

It belongs to the family Stone-curlews, Thick-knees (Burhinidae), order Charadriiformes.

At a glance

Length
50 cm

Range

Middle America, South America: inland southern Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica; northern Hispaniola; Colombia to northern Brazil

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Classification

Genus
Hesperoburhinus

Other birds in the genus Hesperoburhinus

Peruvian Thick-kneePeruvian Thick-kneeHesperoburhinus superciliarisGreat Stone-curlewGreat Stone-curlewEsacus recurvirostrisBeach Stone-curlewBeach Stone-curlewEsacus magnirostrisSpotted Thick-kneeSpotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensisWater Thick-kneeWater Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatusBush Stone-curlewBush Stone-curlewBurhinus grallariusEurasian Stone-curlewEurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusIndian Stone-curlewIndian Stone-curlewBurhinus indicusSenegal Thick-kneeSenegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
Double-striped Thick-knee

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