Scientific Name:
Burhinus oedicnemus
Eurasian Stone-curlew Fact File
Distribution: western and south-western Europe
Conservation Status: Least Concern
Subspecies: Five
B. o. oedicnemus – western and southern Europe to the Balkans, Ukraine and Caucasus
B. o. distinctus – western Canary Islands
B. o. insularum – eastern Canary Islands
B. o. saharae – northern Africa and the Mediterranean islands to Iraq and Iran
B. o. harterti – western Kazakhstan to Pakistan and north-western India
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Current conservation efforts
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Gallery
With thanks to the following photographers: Allan Archer; Barry Madden
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