Thick-knees

A new genus-group name for Burhinus bistriatus (Wagler, 1829) and Burhinus superciliaris (Tschudi, 1843)

Recent phylogenetic findings indicate that the divergence of the Neotropical taxa _Burhinus bistriatus_ (Wagler, 1829) and _Burhinus superciliaris_ (Tschudi, 1843) from other thick- knees (Burhinidae) predates the split between the remaining species …