American thick-knee
(Redirected from "Burhinus")
| American thick-knee | |
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| File:Double-striped Thick-knee.png | |
| Double-striped Thick-knee | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Aequorlitornithes |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Parvoroder: | Chionida |
| Family: | Burhinidae |
| Genus: | "Burhinus" Informal |
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American thick-knees, "Burhinus" is a genus of birds in the Burhinidae family.
Taxonomy[edit]
"Burhinus" was once included in the expanded Burhinus. Taxonomy is based on Paton et al. (2003) and Černý and Natale, (2021).
Species[edit]
- Double-striped Thick-knee, Burhinus bistriatus
- Peruvian Thick-knee, Burhinus superciliaris
References[edit]
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