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title: "Grote griel"
description: "Esacus recurvirostris — Vogels. The great stone-curlew or great thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris) is a large wader which is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh into South-east Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/great-stone-curlew
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grote griel

> Esacus recurvirostris — Vogels. The great stone-curlew or  great thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris) is a large wader which is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh into South-east Asia.

- Scientific name: *Esacus recurvirostris*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1127
- Wikidata: [Q1260062](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1260062)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4919](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4919)

## Names

- en: Great Stone-curlew
- de: Krabbentriel
- es: Alcaraván Picogrueso Indio
- fr: Grand Œdicnème
- nl: Grote griel
- pt: Téu-téu-grande
- pl: Kulon wielkodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

IN (511), LK (460), TH (57), IR (14), VN (7), PK (3)

## Summary

The great stone-curlew or  great thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris) is a large wader which is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh into South-east Asia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_stone-curlew

## Photo

![Grote griel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/great-stone-curlew/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/250298139

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/great-stone-curlew?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).