Stone Curlew

Answers.com - Stone-curlew
http://www.answers.com/topic/stone-curlew-1/
Read conservation status and full scientific classification for bird that is really a wader. Discusses food, natural habitat, and breeding.

ARKive - Burhinus Oedicnemus
http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/birds/Burhinus_oedicnemus/more_still_images.html
Scan series of colour photographs and understand how effective the stone-curlew’s plumage is as camouflage. Also images of eggs, nest, and chicks.

ARKive - Stone-curlew
http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/birds/Burhinus_oedicnemus/
Find out how the stone-curlew got its scientific name and read short description of appearance and call. Also offers colour image of eggs and adult.

BBC: Norfolk - Bright-eyed and Knobbly-kneed Visitors
http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/nature/stone_curlews.shtml
Divulges the location where you will be most likely to sight this strange looking bird. Read about weird place where they like to nest and view image of pair on grassland.

Chilterns, The: Farmland Birds - Return of the Stone-Curlew http://www.chilternsaonb.org/caring/farmland_birds_return.html
Appreciate how range of hills in south England acts as a natural link to two areas where the stone-curlew is breeding. Find numbers of decline and increase in population.

Kenya Birds - Stone-curlew
http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/stone_curlew.htm
Check out bird that is also called the Eurasian thick-knee that is sighted in small numbers in Kenya. Includes photograph of a very sorry-looking specimen.

National Parks and Wildlife Service - Bush Stone-curlew Survey
http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/Bush+stone-curlew+community+survey/
Discover what you can do to help stem the decline of this species found in New South Wales. Plus colour photograph of this long-legged bird.

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - Stone-curlew
http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/s/stonecurlew/
Research this rare visitor to UK that can only be sighted in small areas of southern England. Also includes colour illustration of side profile to help identification.

RSPB: Biodiversity - Stone-curlew BAP Report
http://www.rspb.org.uk/biodiversity/RSPBandbiodiversity/lead_partner/birds/stonecurlew/
Browse list of four targets designed to increase numbers of stone-curlew as agreed by the UK government and The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Plus picture.

UK Biodiversity Partnership - Stone-curlew, Burhinus oedicnemus
http://www.ukbap.org.uk/UKPlans.aspx?ID=175/
Publishes details about the only two areas in Britain where the stone-curlew has survived. Read reasons for decline in numbers and what action is being taken.

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