Burhinus oedicnemus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Stone Curlew, Stone-curlew)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBurhinus oedicnemus (Stone Curlew, Stone-curlew)
FamilyBURHINIDAE (stone curlews)
OrderCHARADRIIFORMES (plovers and sea birds)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hamblin, M. 2004 Stone Curlew Vol 15, No. 6 Page: 389
Hamblin, M. 2002 Stone Curlew Vol 13, No 5 Page: 341
Sterry, P. 2007 Disturbance may effect Stone Curlews… Vol 19, no. 1 Page: 3
Wilson, P. 2005 Stone Curlew Vol 16, No 3 Page: 201

Burhinus oedicnemus (Stone Curlew, Stone-curlew) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Burhinus oedicnemus (Stone Curlew, Stone-curlew)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Burhinus oedicnemus (Stone Curlew, Stone-curlew)
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