The Story
This Double-striped Thick-knee (Hesperoburhinus bistriatus) was at Hato Barley in Tauramena, Casanare, Colombia when I photographed it. It is largely nocturnal and crepuscular, and it prefers arid grassland, savanna and other dry, open habitats. It is a stone-curlew, a kind of wader. It eats large insects and other small animals. It has benefited from the clearing of woodland for pasture, and it is sometimes kept semi-tame to control insects. Its nest is a bare scrape, and both adults incubate the two olive-brown eggs for 25 to 27 days. Tauramena lies in southwestern Casanare.
I made this frame with a Pentax K-1 and the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6, at 1/500 sec, f/5.6, ISO 800. IUCN lists the Double-striped Thick-knee as Least Concern, with a stable population.
©2019 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Double-striped Thick-knee (Hesperoburhinus bistriatus) belongs to the family Burhinidae (Thick-knees) in the eBird/Clements taxonomy.
Source: eBird.org (opens in a new tab)
Conservation
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2020), with the population trend listed as stable (listed by IUCN as Burhinus bistriatus). Source: IUCN Red List