Hesperoburhinus
Double-striped thick-knee (H. bistriatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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]

Taxonomy and phylogeny

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

The genus contains two species:[1]

Phylogeny

Chionidi
Chionidae

Pluvianellus socialis

Chionis albus

Chionis minor

Burhinidae
Hesperoburhinus

H. bistriatus

H. superciliaris

Esacus

E. magnirostris

E. recurvirostris

Burhinus

B. capensis

B. vermiculatus

B. grallarius

B. oedicnemus

B. senegalensis

References

  1. 1 2 International Ornithologists' Union. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela (eds.). "IOC World Bird List 14.1" (xlsx). Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  2. ↑ 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.
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