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Armenian Name: | Ավդոտկա |
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See Plate 24 for Stone-curlew and other similar species
Resident Status: | Breeding bird |
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Abundance: | Rare |
Length: | 40-44 cm, Wing Span:77-85 cm |
Distribution Map: | Map 148. |
Adult: | Light brown overall with fine black streaks on upperparts and breast. Dark-bordered white line on wing coverts and bold upperwing pattern in flight. Short thick yellow bill has black tip; yellow eyes and legs. |
Juvenile: | Less heavily streaked and lacks black lines on wing coverts. |
Behavior: | Largely nocturnal, most active at dusk and just before sunrise. Most common call is two notes with second note higher-pitched. |
Habitat: | Semidesert with scattered shrubs, scree slopes, arid steppe. |
Food: | Invertebrates, reptiles. |
Nest: | Shallow ground scrape lined with stones, shells, vegetation. |
Eggs: | 54 mm, 1-3, pale yellow-brown, variable black markings. |