Bird's Eye vs Great Thick-knee

Alectryon subcinereus compared with Esacus recurvirostris

Key Differences

• Bird's Eye is Least Concern while Great Thick-knee is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bird's Eye	Great Thick-knee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Charadriiformes (Charadriiformes)
Family	Sapindaceae	Burhinidae
Genus	Alectryon	Esacus
Species	Alectryon subcinereus	Esacus recurvirostris

Conservation Status

Bird's Eye

LC — Least Concern

Great Thick-knee

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bird's Eye	Great Thick-knee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bird's Eye

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Great Thick-knee

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Bird's Eye

The Bird's Eye (Alectryon subcinereus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.