found: ITIS, Jan. 29, 2002(Burhinus. Vernacular name: thick-knees. Family Burhinidae)
found: The A.O.U. check-list of North American birds, 7th ed., via WWW, Jan. 29, 2002(lists one species under Burhinidae: Burhinus bistriatus, Double-striped Thick-knee)
found: Bird families of the world : the Sibley and Monroe classification, via WWW, Jan. 29, 2002(under Burhinidae, 9 species of Burhinus listed)
found: Web. 3(Burhinus: the type genus of Burhinidae including a number of typical stone curlews -- see thick-knee; thick-knee: stone curlew 1; esp. : a stone curlew of the genus Burhinus)