Great Thick-knee: A Near Threatened Bird of Mahanadi


Esacus recurvirostris
Upturn black and yellow bill, and white forehead and Saectacles.
This species prefers gravel banks along rivers or large lakes, and also beaches. A single egg is laid in a bare scrape on the open shingle.The great thick-knee eats crabs, large insects, and other animal prey.

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