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Stone Curlew

Stone Curlew - Chick

Photographer

» Ruben Barone Tosco

Location

» Near Montaña de Gáldar, Gran Canaria

Country image taken

» Canary Islands

Date

» May, 1999

Equipment

» Praktica BX 20 with 50 mm lens

Bird Species

»Burhinus oedicnemus - Eurasian Stone-curlew

Bird Species (French)

»Oedicnème criard

Bird Family

»Burhinidae - Thick-knees

Bird Group

»Charadriiformes Gull, Skua, Tern, Wader

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» A relatively common bird on Gran Canaria, but more localized and scarce on Tenerife and the westernmost islands, except on El Hierro, where it is still common. The subspecies present in the central and western islands is Burhinus oedicnemus distinctus.

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