Esacus (Greater Stone-curlews)

Genus

Greater Stone-curlews

Esacus

2 species in our catalog · found in 23 parks

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Great Thick-knee
NT

Great Thick-knee

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Esacus recurvirostris

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
Beach Thick-knee
NT

Beach Thick-knee

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Esacus magnirostris

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~20%
Jan
~20%
Feb
~20%
Mar
~30%
Apr
~20%
May
~20%
Jun
~20%
Jul
~20%
Aug
~20%
Sep
~20%
Oct
~20%
Nov
~20%
Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Where to see Greater Stone-curlews

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#ParkCountrySpeciesDaily sighting probability
1 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 1
~40%
2 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 1
~30%
3 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India 1
~20%
4 Komodo National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia 1
~10%
5 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India 1
~10%
6 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India 1
~10%
7 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 1
~10%
8 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia 1
~10%
9 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 1
~10%
10 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India 1
<5%
11 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia 1
<5%
12 Ningaloo Marine Park 🇦🇺 Australia 1
<5%
13 Gir National Park 🇮🇳 India 1
<5%
14 Cape Range 🇦🇺 Australia 1
<5%
15 Raja Ampat 🇮🇩 Indonesia 1
<5%
16 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India 1
<5%
17 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India 1
<5%
18 Tangkoko Nature Reserve 🇮🇩 Indonesia 1
<5%
19 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India 1
<5%
20 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 1
<5%
21 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India 1
<5%
22 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India 1
<5%
23 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal 1
<5%