Eurasian Thick-knee

SCI Name:  Burhinus oedicnemus
Protonym:  Charadrius Oedicnemus Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.151
Taxonomy:  Charadriiformes / Burhinidae / Burhinus
Taxonomy Code:  eutkne1
Type Locality:  England.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

BURHINUS
(Burhinidae; † Bush Thick-knee B. grallarius) Gr. βου- bou-  great   < βους bous  ox; ῥις rhis, ῥινος  rhinos  nose; "GENUS 93. BURHINUS (βους h. l. grandis  ριν nasus) (Flachschnabel Germ.)  Rostrum mediocre? crassum, latum, depressum  ...  Alae volatiles. Pedes grallarii, cursorii, tridactyli.   Species: Charadrius magnirostris Lath. Suppl.   Annotat. Hanc avem, Novae Hollandiae indigenam, a reliquis hujus familiae generice distinguendam esse, omnis mecum sentiet; at descriptio ejus ita manca est, ut notas gravissimas taceat. Rostrum cum rostro Todi comparat celeb. Latham, ideo simile est rostro Cancromatis" (Illiger 1811); "Burhinus Illiger, Prodromus, 1811, p. 250.  Type, by monotypy, Charadrius magnirostris Latham." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 293); "BURHINUS Illiger, 1811  M— Charadrius magnirostris Latham, 1801; type by monotypy = Charadrius grallarius Latham, 1801" (Dickinson and Remsen (eds.), H. & M. Complete Checklist, 4th ed., 2013, 1 (Non-passerines), p. 198).
Var. Burrhinus.
Synon. Burhinops, Fedoa, Odopus, Oedicnemus, Oedinecmus, Orthorhamphus, Planorhamphus.

oedicnemus
Gr. οιδος oidos, οιδεος oideos  swelling  < οιδεω oideō  to swell; κνημη knēmē  leg; "79. CHARADRIUS.  ...  Oedicnemus.  9. C. griseus, remigibus primoribus duabus nigris medio albis, rostro acuto, pedibus cinereis.  Oedicnemus. Bell. av. . . Raj. av. 108. n. 4. Alb. av. I. p. 66. t. 69.  Charadrius. Gesn. av. 256.  Charadrius Kervari. Hasselq. iter. 210. n. 32. an?  Habitat in Anglia." (Linnaeus 1758) (Burhinus).

Oedicnemus
(syn. Burhinus Ϯ Stone-curlew B. oedicnemus) Gr. οιδος oidos, οιδευς oideus  swelling  < οιδεω oideō  to swell; κνημη knēmē  leg; "ŒDICNÈME.   ŒDICNEMUS.   ...   La seule espèce de ce genre, que l'on trouve en Europe, vit par couple dans les terres incultes et sablonneuses   ...  Ce genre, qui forme le passage des Outardes aux Pluviers, a toujours été confondu avec ces derniers, excepté par Latham qui en fait une Outarde.   ...   Œdicnème criard.  Œdicnemus crepitans. Mihi.   ...   ils se distinguent au premier coup d'oeil, ainsi que tous les oiseaux à longues jambes grêles, par la forme dilatée du haut du tarse, et par la grosseur de l'articulation qui répond au genou dans les mammifères.   OTIS ŒDICNEMUS. Lath. Ind. v. 2. p. 661. sp. 11. — CHARADRIUS ŒDICNEMUS. Gmel. Syst. I. p. 689. sp. 10." (Temminck 1815); "Oedicnemus Temminck, Man. d'Orn., p. 321, 1815—type, by tautonymy, Charadrius oedicnemus Linnaeus." (Hellmayr & Conover 1948, XIII, 224).    Var. Aedicnemus, Edicnemus, Oedicnaemus, Oedionemus, Oedycnemus, Obdicpriemus, Oedicnenus.

SUBSPECIES

Eurasian Thick-knee (distinctus)
SCI Name: Burhinus oedicnemus distinctus
distinctus
L. distinctus distinct  < distinguere  to separate.
• "In my paper on the birds of Gran Canaria I gave a description of the Thick-knees which I obtained in this island and which were remarkable for their almost pure white underparts, the markings upon the breast and flanks being in consequence much bolder.  Other differences are also noted ('Ibis,' 1912, p. 584).  I therefore propose to name the form inhabiting the western Canary group, Œdicnemus œdicnemus distinctus, subsp. nov." (Bannerman 1914) (subsp. Burhinus oedicnemus).
• "2.  Coryphotriccus albovittatus distinctus subsp. nov.  ...  Similar to C. albovittatus (Lawrence), from line of Panama Railway, but decidedly larger; back, etc., much grayer olive; yellow of under parts paler (light canary yellow instead of nearly lemon yellow); and blackish area on side of head much broader." (Ridgway 1908) (subsp. Conopias albovittatus).

Eurasian Thick-knee (insularum)
SCI Name: Burhinus oedicnemus insularum
insularum
L. insularum  of the islands  < insula, insulae  island.

Eurasian Thick-knee (saharae)
SCI Name: Burhinus oedicnemus saharae
saharae / sahari
Sahara Desert  < Arabic sahrā’  desert.

Eurasian Thick-knee (oedicnemus)
SCI Name: Burhinus oedicnemus oedicnemus
oedicnemus
Gr. οιδος oidos, οιδεος oideos  swelling  < οιδεω oideō  to swell; κνημη knēmē  leg; "79. CHARADRIUS.  ...  Oedicnemus.  9. C. griseus, remigibus primoribus duabus nigris medio albis, rostro acuto, pedibus cinereis.  Oedicnemus. Bell. av. . . Raj. av. 108. n. 4. Alb. av. I. p. 66. t. 69.  Charadrius. Gesn. av. 256.  Charadrius Kervari. Hasselq. iter. 210. n. 32. an?  Habitat in Anglia." (Linnaeus 1758) (Burhinus).

Eurasian Thick-knee (harterti)
SCI Name: Burhinus oedicnemus harterti
harterti / hartertiana / hartertianus
Ernst Johann Otto Hartert (1859-1933) German ornithologist, collector, Curator of Rothschild Mus., Tring (syn. Acestrura berlepschi, subsp. Acrocephalus australis, subsp. Alauda arvensis, syn. Aplonis opaca kurodai, subsp. Arses telescopthalmus, syn. Artamus leucoryn leucopygialis, Asthenes, Batrachostomus, syn. Brachypteryx leucophrys carolinae, subsp. Burhinus oedicnemus, subsp. Buteo buteo, Camaroptera, subsp. Campylorhynchus albobrunneus, syn. Certhia brachydactyla, subsp. Chalcites lucidus, syn. Chlorocichla simplex, subsp. Cincloramphus macrurus, subsp. Circus aeruginosus, syn. Cisticola juncidis, syn. Columba delegorguei sharpei, subsp. Crypturellus soui, syn. Cyanistes caeruleus ogliastrae, syn. Cyornis unicolor cyanopolia, subsp. Dendrocopos major, subsp. Dicrurus macrocercus, syn. Dryobates minor colchicus, syn. Dyaphorophyia concreta graueri, subsp. Emberiza schoeniclus, syn. Entomyzon cyanotis, syn. Eophona migratoria sowerbyi, subsp. Eudynamys scolopaceus, subsp. Eumyias panayensis, syn. Eurostopodus argus, Eurylaimus, syn. Falco peregrinus calidus, Ficedula, subsp. Fringilla coelebs, syn. Galerida theklae ruficolor, syn. Geospiza fuliginosa, subsp. Heleia superciliaris, subsp. Hemiprocne longipennis, syn. Hieraaetus pennatus, syn. Hypsipetes amaurotis stejnegeri, syn. Icterus icterus, subsp. Illadopsis turdina, syn. Jynx torquilla sarudnyi, syn. Lagonosticta nitidula, subsp. Linaria cannabina, syn. Lullula arborea pallida, subsp. Machaerirhynchus nigripectus, subsp. Malacocincla sepiaria, subsp. Melanorectes nigrescens, syn. Metallura tyrianthina oreopola, subsp. Micropsitta pusio, subsp. Mirafra africana, syn. Monarcha cinerascens, subsp. Mulleripicus pulverulentus, syn. Myiozetetes cayanensis hellmayri, subsp. Myrmecocichla arnotti, subsp. Myzomela obscura, syn. Ochrospiza dorsostriata maculicollis, syn. Onychognathus fulgidus hartlaubii, syn. Phylloscopus orientalis, syn. Phylloscopus reguloides assamensis, Phlogophilus, syn. Picoides kizuki matsudairai, subsp. Picumnus olivaceus, subsp. Pittasoma rufopileatum, subsp. Pnoepyga pusilla, syn. Poephila personata, subsp. Prionops caniceps, subsp. Psittacella brehmii, syn. Pternistis afer cranchii, syn. Pycnonotus barbatus tricolor, syn. Rhipidura albiscapa alisteri, syn. Rhipidura rufifrons granti, subsp. Rhodinocichla rosea, syn. Rhyticeros plicatus, syn. Scotocerca inquieta, subsp. Sericornis frontalis, syn. Sitta europaea roseilia, syn. Strix aluco nivicola, syn. Sturnus vulgaris porphyronotus, Tarphonomus, subsp. Terpsiphone viridis, Thapsinillas, syn. Treron curvirostra, syn. Vanellus miles, syn. Yuhina flavicollis rouxi, subsp. Zosterops citrinella, syn. Zosterops japonicus simplex).