Burhinus is a genus of birds in the family Burhinidae. The genus name Burhinus comes from the Greek bous for ox, and rhis for nose.

1/ Eurasian stone-curlew, Eurasian thick-knee, or simply stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) 
The species epithet oedicnemus combines the Greek oidio meaning "to swell", and kneme meaning "shin" or "leg".