Senegal Thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis)

Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.

Vagrant to Saudi Arabia.

Senegambia east through Nigeria and Central African Republic to Sudan, whence north to Egypt, east to Ethiopia and Somalia, and south to Kenya.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 50,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
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Senegal Thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis) [XC602870]
by Peter Boesman from Hara Langano Lodge, Oromia, Ethiopia (call)

Senegal Thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis) [XC473977]
by Bram Piot from Gibe Gorge, Ethiopia (call)

Subspecies
Eastern populations sometimes separated as subspecies inornatus, but differences rather slight and broad zone of intergradation through northern Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic and north-eastern Zaire.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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