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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
22/05/2024 03:06:02 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Senegal Thick-knee*
Id (Atlas):
Burhinus senegalensis
Description (10 )
Senegal Thick-knee
© flickr.com
Other Names (World)
Senegal Thick-knee, Senegal Stone-curlew
Family
Burhinidae (Thick-knees)
Size
38 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Swainson, 1837)
Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte 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.
 
Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 50,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (55)... )
Listen to XC842916
Senegal Thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis ) [XC842916 ]
by Brendan Sloan from Mole Hotel area, Ghana (alarm call, flight call)
Listen to XC434111
Senegal Thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis ) [XC434111 ]
by Joost van Bruggen from Almadies, Ngor, Dakar, Senegal (song)
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:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Senegal Thick-knee see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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