Water Thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus)

Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

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

Population
Estimated population is 26,000 - 130,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (53)...)

Water Thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus) [XC515793]
by Derek Solomon from Kilombero river (sailing on the river), near Ifakara bridge, Ulanga, Morogoro Region, Tanzania (call)

Water Thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus) [XC834864]
by id from Manyeleti Game Reserve, South Africa (song)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

buettikoferi (Reichenow, 1898) - Liberia to Nigeria and Gabon; sometimes claimed to occur east to Uganda.
vermiculatus (Cabanis, 1868) - Zaire east to south-central Somalia, and south to eastern and southern South Africa.

References
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Files:

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