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The Burhinidae (stone plovers, stone curlews, or thick-knees) are found in an isolated part of China and are not a popularly known bird. The name 石鸻 'stone plover' is a calque on English 'stone plover'.
Species names
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Burhinus oedicnemus |
Eurasian Thick-knee or Eurasian Stone-curlew Stone curlew |
石鸻 (石鴴) 'stone plover' (1, 2, 4, 5) 欧石鸻 (歐石鴴) 'European stone plover' (3) |
欧洲石鸻 'European stone plover' |
イシチドリ (石千鳥) ishi-chidori 'stone plover' |
Chim Burin 'burin bird' (from burhinus) (12, 34) |
Эгэл шарандан ᠡᠭᠡᠯ ᠰᠢᠷᠠᠩᠳᠠᠩ egel sharandaŋ 'common stonecurlew' (15) |
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| Esacus | ||||||||
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| Esacus recurvirostris Burhinus recurvirostris |
Great Thick-knee or Great Stone-curlew Great stone plover |
大石鸻 (大石鴴) 'large stone plover' (1, 2, 3, 4) |
ソリハシオオイシチドリ (反嘴大石千鳥) sori-hashi ō ishi-chidori 'recurved-billed large stone plover' |
Chim Rẽ mỏ to 'large-billed snipe (bird)' (12) |
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中国鸟类种和亚种分类名录大全（修订版） 郑作新 著 科学出版社 北京 2000年
A Complete Checklist of Species and Subspecies of the Chinese Birds (Revised Edition) by Cheng Tso-Hsin, Science Press, Beijing 2000
中国鸟类分类与分布名录 主编：郑光美 科学出版社 北京 2005年
A Checklist on the Classification and Distribution of the Birds of China Chief editor: Zheng Guangmei, Science Press, Beijing 2005
中国鸟类野外手册（中文版）约翰・马敬能、卡伦・菲利普斯，合作者：荷芬奇，翻译：卢和芬 湖南教育出版社 长沙 2000年
A Field Guide to the Birds of China (Chinese translation) by John MacKinnon, Karen Phillipps, in collaboration with He Fen-qi, translated by Lu Hefen, Hunan Jiaoyu Chubanshe (Hunan Educational Press) Changsha 2000
世界鸟类分类与分布名录 主编：郑光美 科学出版社 北京 2002年
A Checklist on the Classification and Distribution of the Birds of the World Chief editor: Zheng Guangmei, Science Press, Beijing 2002
世界鸟类名称（拉丁文、汉文、英文对照）第二版 郑作新等 科学出版社 北京 2002年 Danh Lục Chim Việt Nam (In lần thứ hai) (Checklist of the Birds of Vietnam) Võ Quý, Nguyễn Cử, Nhà Xuất Bản Nông Nghiệp, Hà Nội 1999 Chim Việt Nam Nguyễn Cử, Lê Trọng Trải, Karen Phillipps; Nhà Xuất Bản Lao Động - Xã Hội, 2000
A Dictionary of Vertebrate Animals of Mongolia (Монгол орны сээртэн амьтдын нэрсийн толь) by GOMBOBAATAR Sundev Bodonguud, Mongolian Ornithological Society Zoological Society of London, Ulaanbaatar 2009
Danh Lục Các Loài Chim ở Việt Nam (Latinh, Việt, Pháp, Hán) Trần Văn Chánh 2008-2009
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