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Bird name: Water Thick Knee
Latin: Burhinus vermiculatus
Other: Water Dikkop
Family: Burhinidae • Thick-knees

You can hardly blame André for not wishing to get any closer to this Water Thick-Knee on the banks of the Serengeti River!

Water Thick-knees tend to live by the side of lakes and rivers, throughout sub-Saharan Africa.More photos...

051 Burhinidae - Stone-curlews, Thick-knees - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Burhinus oedicnemus - Eurasian Stone-curlew - W, SW Europe
Burhinus indicus - Indian Stone-curlew - Indian subcontinent to SE Asia - Split from Burhinus oedicnemus
Burhinus senegalensis - Senegal Thick-knee - E, C, W
Burhinus vermiculatus - Water Thick-knee - SE, SC Africa
Burhinus capensis - Spotted Thick-knee - Widespread Africa
Burhinus bistriatus - Double-striped Thick-knee - S Mexico to N Brazil, Latin America, also Hispaniola
Burhinus superciliaris - Peruvian Thick-knee - S Ecuador to S Peru
Burhinus grallarius - Bush Stone-curlew - Australia

Esacus recurvirostris - Great Stone-curlew - SE Iran through Southeast Asia
Esacus magnirostris - Beach Stone-curlew - Malay Peninsula & Philippines to N Australia - Was neglectus