The Indian Stone-curlew is a ground-dwelling bird breeding from India into Southeast Asia and is mostly nocturnal.
Its bill has a black tip and yellow base. A white supercilium and white wing bar are useful identification marks.
It is mostly nocturnal and eats insects, small invertebrates and lizards. Its nest is a bare scrape on the ground, where two or three eggs are laid.
At Aravalli Biodiversity Park in Delhi, a nest with 2 eggs was observed in May 2024, with both parents taking turns incubating.
At the same nest, the chicks stayed for the first 2 days after hatching before moving to nearby shrubs. Both parents watched over them.
It has prominent yellow eyes and long yellowish legs. The streaked brown plumage blends with the ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.