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This largely nocturnal species is confined to the coastal deserts of western South America. Its life history is poorly known. It's nest and eggs were not described until 1981. Thick-knees are in their own family formerly thought to be related to Bustards but similarities due to convergence.
References:
Hume, R., Kirwan, G.M. & Boesman, P. (2018). Peruvian Thick-knee (Burhinus superciliaris). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/53771 on 17 January 2018).
Peruvian Thick-knee (Burhinus superciliaris), In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/petkne1
Williams, Morris D. (1981). "Description of the Nest and Eggs of the Peruvian Thick-Knee (Burhinus superciliaris)". The Condor. 83:183–184.