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Enzo
5 Jul 2025

Reactions: Mr Gharial, Summer Tanager, KevinB and 3 others

This looks like a species of stone-curlew, but not a Bush Stone Curlew (Burhinus grallarius).

I agree that this is a stone-curlew / thick-knee. More specifically, an Eurasian Thick-Knee (B. oedicnemus).

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Category: Jardin des Plantes

Added by: Enzo

Date added: 5 Jul 2025

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Device: Canon Canon PowerShot SX400 IS

Aperture: ƒ/5.6

Focal length: 110.8 mm

Exposure time: 1/400 second(s)

ISO: 100

Flash: Off, did not fire

Filename: IMG_4140.JPG

File size: 5 MB

Date taken: Tue, 20 May 2025 7:39 AM

Dimensions: 4608px x 3456px

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