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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Water Thick-knee* |
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Burhinus vermiculatus |
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Description (10)
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Water Thick-knee
© blpn.org
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Other Names (World)
Water Thick-knee, Water Dikkop
Family
Burhinidae (Thick-knees)
Size
41 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Cabanis, 1868)
Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
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 (58)...)
Water Thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus) [XC650842]
by Marc Anderson from Wild Fig Farm, Wild Fig Country Estate, South Africa (song)
Water Thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus) [XC444161]
by Peter Boesman from Mpala Safari Lodge, South Africa (call)
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
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Water Thick-knee see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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