Esacus
| Esacus | |
|---|---|
| Beach stone-curlew (E. magnirostris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Burhinidae |
| Genus: | Esacus Lesson, 1831 |
| Type species | |
| Oedicnemus recurvirostris Cuvier, 1829 | |
Esacus is a genus of bird in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae. The genus is distributed from Pakistan and India to Australia. It contains two species, the great stone-curlew and the beach stone-curlew.
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