Hesperoburhinus is a genus of birds in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae. The genus is distributed in Middle and South America. It contains two species, the double-striped thick-knee and the Peruvian thick-knee.[1]
| Hesperoburhinus | |
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| Double-striped thick-knee (H. bistriatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Burhinidae |
| Genus: | Hesperoburhinus Černý, van Els, Natale & Gregory, 2023 |
| Type species | |
| Charadrius bistriatus Wagler, 1829
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Taxonomy and phylogeny edit
The genus Hesperoburhinus was introduced in 2023 by American ornithologists David Černý, Rossy Natale, American and Dutch ornithologist Paul van Els, and British ornithologist Steven Martin Stewart Gregory to accommodate the double-striped thick-knee and the Peruvian thick-knee. The name is from Ancient Greek hésperos (ἑσπερος, means "western"), and the pre-existing name Burhinus, because it is the only genus of the stone-curlew family Burhinidae which is distributed in the western hemisphere.[2]
Species edit
The genus contains two species:[1]
- Double-striped thick-knee (Hesperoburhinus bistriatus)
- Peruvian thick-knee (Hesperoburhinus superciliaris)
Phylogeny edit
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References edit
- ^ a b International Ornithologists' Union. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela (eds.). "IOC World Bird List 14.1" (xlsx). Retrieved 2023-12-20.
- ^ Černý, D.; van Els, P.; Natale, R.; Gregory, S.M.S. (2023). "A new genus-group name for Burhinus bistriatus (Wagler, 1829) and Burhinus superciliaris (Tschudi, 1843)" (PDF). Avian Systematics. 1 (3): 31–43. ISSN 2051-4441.