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Beach Stone-curlew

(Esacus neglectus)
Alternate name(s): "Beach Thick-knee", "Reef Thick-knee"
Aboriginal name(s): "a-rabinyi", "a-wurrwin" [yanyuwa]

Size: 54-56 cm
Weight: 0.9-1.1 kg

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Beach Stone-curlew at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

PAIR

Near-frontal view of a pair of Beach Stone-curlews (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Lee Point, Darwin, NT, October 2019]

Two Beach Stone-curlews close together (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Brunswick Heads, NSW, January 2019]

Two Beach Stone-curlews close together (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Brunswick Heads, NSW, January 2019]

Pair of Beach Stone-curlews (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Lee Point Beach, Darwin, NT, July 2019]

Two Beach Stone-curlews on a mudflat (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Newell Beach, QLD, December 2018]

Sex unknown

Frontal view of a Beach Stone-curlew (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Lee Point Beach, Darwin, NT, July 2019]

Frontal view of a Beach Stone-curlew; this is the bird whose calls were recorded on 23 January 2019
(photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Casuarina Coastal Reserve, Darwin, NT, January 2019]

Frontal view of a Beach Stone-curlew (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Brunswick Heads, NSW, January 2019]

Near-frontal view of a Beach Stone-curlew; this is the bird whose calls were recorded on 23 January 2019
(photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Casuarina Coastal Reserve, Darwin, NT, January 2019]

Near-frontal view of a Beach Stone-curlew (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Brunswick Heads, NSW, January 2019]

Near-lateral view of a Beach Stone-curlew (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Brunswick Heads, NSW, January 2019]

Close-up lateral portrait of a Beach Stone-curlew (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Inskip Point, QLD, December 2017]

Close-up lateral portrait of a Beach Stone-curlew, slightly different angle (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Inskip Point, QLD, December 2017]

Lateral view of a Beach Stone-curlew (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Brunswick Heads, NSW, January 2019]

Lateral view of a Beach Stone-curlew (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Lee Point, Darwin, NT, October 2019]

Lateral view of a Beach Stone-curlew; this is the bird whose calls were recorded on 23 January 2019
(photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Casuarina Coastal Reserve, Darwin, NT, January 2019]

Close-up lateral view of a Beach Stone-curlew (photo courtesy of J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours)
[Esplanade, Cairns, QLD, August 2020]

Near-dorsal view of a Beach Stone-curlew (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Inskip Point, QLD, December 2017]

Lateral view of a Beach Stone-curlew in flight (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Darwin, NT, December 2015]

Lateral view of a Beach Stone-curlew in flight; different phase of the wing beat (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Darwin, NT, December 2015]

Lateral view of a Beach Stone-curlew in flight, wings up (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Nightcliff, Darwin, NT, November 2020]

Lateral view of a Beach Stone-curlew in flight, wings up (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Nightcliff, Darwin, NT, November 2020]

Lateral view of a Beach Stone-curlew in flight, wings straight (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Nightcliff, Darwin, NT, November 2020]

IMMATURE/JUVENILE

Family of Beach Stone-curlews in an intertidal wetland (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[East Point, Darwin, January 2021]

Behaviour

Social behaviour: Territorial Mobility: Sedentary/dispersive Elementary unit: Solitary/pair

Lateral view of a Beach Stone-curlew trying to impress the competition (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Buffalo Creek, Darwin, NT, July 2018]

Dorsal view of a Beach Stone-curlew trying to impress the competition (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Buffalo Creek, Darwin, NT, July 2018]

Food, Diet

(Amongst other things) Beach Stone-curlews feed on crustacians.

Lateral view of a Beach Stone-curlew with its prey (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cairns Esplanade, QLD, August 2023]

Lateral view of a Beach Stone-curlew with its prey (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Newell Beach, QLD, December 2018]

Dorsal view of a Beach Stone-curlew with its prey, a salt crab (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Newell Beach, QLD, December 2018]

Call(s)/Song

For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The interpretation of their meaning is our own; comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.

bestcrl_pb_20210706.m4a (Darwin, NT) Alarm calls (human) © PB
bestcrl_pb_20190123.m4a (Darwin, NT) Various © PB

More Beach Stone-curlew sound recordings are available at xeno-canto.org .

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