Spotted Thick-knee (Burhinus capensis) [XC346629]
by Tony Archer from Halali camp, Etosha National Park, Namibia (call)
Spotted Thick-knee (Burhinus capensis) [XC501109]
by Albert Vrielink from Klerksdorp, Southern DC, North West, South Africa (call)
Subspecies
Several other subspecies proposed: doubtfully distinct are ehrenbergi of Dahlak I in Red Sea, and affinis on Red Sea coast of Ethiopia; also psammochromus included in maculosus, and csongor included in nominate capensis.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
maculosus (Temminck, 1824) - Senegal east to Eritrea and Somalia, and south to Uganda and Kenya.
dodsoni (Ogilvie-Grant, 1899) - Coastal Somalia and southern Arabia.
capensis (Lichtenstein, 1823) - Kenya south to South Africa, and western from Zambia to Angola.
damarensis (Reichenow, 1905) - Namibia, Botswana and south-western South Africa (Cape Province).