CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae

Esacus magnirostris  

Beach Stone-curlew (Esacus magnirostris)
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© Vik Dunis 2010
Garig Gunak Barlu National Park, NT (Aug, 2010)

Being at the very tip of the Coburg Peninsula, this would have been the most northerly Beach Stone-curlew on the mainland in the Northern Territory. In Australia, only the tip of Cape York is further north.

Beach Stone-curlew (Esacus magnirostris)

Beach Stone-curlew

Beach Stone-curlew (Esacus magnirostris)

Beach Stone-curlew

Beach Stone-curlew (Esacus magnirostris)

Beach Stone-curlew

Beach Stone-curlew (Esacus magnirostris)

Beach Stone-curlew

Beach Stone-curlew (Esacus magnirostris)

Beach Stone-curlew