Stone-curlew
The stone-curlews are not closely related to the curlews, genus Numenius, that belong to the sandpiper family Scolopacidae.Thick-knee refers to the prominent joints in the long yellow or greenish legs and apparently originated with a name coined in 1776 for B. oedicnemus, the Eurasian stone-curlew.[6] They are largely nocturnal, particularly when singing their loud, wailing songs, which are reminiscent of true curlews.[7] Most species are sedentary, but the Eurasian stone-curlew is a summer migrant in the temperate European part of its range, wintering in Africa.[8] Wilaru, described from the Late Oligocene to the Early Miocene of Australia, was originally classified as a stone-curlew, but was subsequently argued to be a member of the extinct anseriform family Presbyornithidae, instead.