#0884 · 🐦 birds
Eurasian Stone-curlew
🇳🇱 Griel ·Burhinus oedicnemus
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what is it?
The Eurasian stone curlew , Eurasian thick-knee , or simply stone-curlew ( Burhinus oedicnemus ) is a northern species of the Burhinidae (stone-curlew) bird family.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 7 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,619 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 42 g.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
- Nederlands
- Griel
- scientific name
- Burhinus oedicnemus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Charadriiformes
- family
- Burhinidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 7
- sightings in Europe
- 2,550
- sightings worldwide
- 4,619
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,774
- weight
- 42 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 4923, Wikidata Q184834, GBIF 2482100, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.