black sea red data book - Department of Biology

Burhinus oedicnemus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms: Charadrius oedicnemus, Oedicnemus crepitans.
Common names: Engl: Stone-curlew; Russ: Avdotka; Turk: Kocagos; Ukr: Lezheri.
Taxonomic description. Population preliminarily estimated at around 180-240 pairs.
IUCNStatus
World level: VU
Black Sea Regional level: VU
Subregion level: VU
Distribution, Habitat type, Critical habitats, Limiting factors. Breeding and post-
breeding habitats do not differ. They are salinas, sandy beaches, spits and islands,
stony areas with low and thinned out mosaic vegetation or without any at all,
including areas subjected to human transformation (pastures, agricultural fields, open­
cast mines, new gardens, vineyards).
Order BURHINIDAE
Family BURHINUS
Biology. A breeding, summer and migratory species. In the southern parts of the
region it arrives by the end of March - beginning of April. At the end of the first third
of April it appears in the northern zones. The nest is a trampled plot on the ground
encircled by vegetation from the previous year, small stones, clods of earth, and dry
cattle droppings. Egg-laying starts from the beginning of the second ten days of
April. The clutch consists of 1-3 eggs and is incubated for 26 days. Parents share the
incubation duties equally. Fledglings are observed in July. In the post-breeding
period birds occur in small groups (2-5, sometimes more) or solitarily. Autumn
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