Birds of the Sundarban

Great Thick-knee, Great stone-curlew
Binomial Name: Esacus recurvirostris
The Great Thick-knee is a rare resident bird of Bangladesh. However, ornithologists inBangladesh do not have enough information about this bird. They usually roam in pairs or
small flocks along river banks, estuaries, or salt flats. In the Dimer chor of the Sundarban,some of them can be seen almost regularly. They eat during the day or night but are more
active at dawn and dusk. During the breeding season from February to June, they lay their
eggs by laying pebbles on sandy or rocky pastures.

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