bush curlew

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• Bush Stone-Curlew — Taxobox name = Bush Stone curlew status = NT | status system = IUCN3.1 image caption = Bush Stone curlew regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Burhinidae genus = Burhinus species = B. grallarius… …   Wikipedia

• Curlew Camp — Painting by Arthur Streeton entitled Sirius Cove circa 1890. It shows the eastern shore of Little Sirius Cove where Curlew Camp was located. Curlew Camp was a camp established in the late 19th century on the eastern shore of Little Sirius Cove at …   Wikipedia

• bush stone-curlew — /bʊʃ stoʊn ˈkɜlju/ (say boosh stohn kerlyooh) noun a nocturnal bird of open woodlands with a mournful cry, Burhinus grallarius, having grey brown upper parts with black streaking, long legs, and a pale buff eyebrow, found throughout much of… …  

• Stone-curlew — Stone curlews Bush Stone curlew, Burhinus grallarius Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• stone-curlew — /stoʊn ˈkɜlju / (say stohn kerlyooh) noun any of various large, nocturnal birds of the family Burhinidae, as the beach stone curlew and the bush stone curlew. Also, stone plover …  

• Jack curlew — Jack Jack (j[a^]k), n. [F. Jacques James, L. Jacobus, Gr. ?, Heb. Ya aq[=o]b Jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence, a supplanter. Cf. {Jacobite}, {Jockey}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John. [1913 Webster] You… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Spanish curlew — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• southern stone-curlew — /sʌðən stoʊn ˈkɜlju/ (say sudhuhn stohn kerlyooh) noun → bush stone curlew …  

• Jack-in-the-bush — Jack Jack (j[a^]k), n. [F. Jacques James, L. Jacobus, Gr. ?, Heb. Ya aq[=o]b Jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence, a supplanter. Cf. {Jacobite}, {Jockey}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John. [1913 Webster] You… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• List of Asian birds — This list of Asian birds is a listing of all the bird species known from the continent of Asia.NotesThe taxonomy of this list adheres to James Clements Birds of the World: A Checklist , and reflects all changes to that work until July, 2005.… …   Wikipedia

• List of birds of China — This is a list of the bird species recorded in China. The avifauna of China includes a total of 1314 species, of which 52 are endemic, 2 have been introduced by humans, and 55 are rare or accidental. 1 species listed is extirpated in China and is …   Wikipedia