Water Thick-knee

Also known as Burhinus vermiculatus

species of bird

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Vinony's link graph records 57 inbound references to Water Thick-knee, and connects out to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burhinidae and South Africa.

It is catalogued under topics including Birds described in 1868, Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa and Burhinus.

Vinony links it to 32 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Least Concern

water dikkop

Species

PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyBurhinidae

Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Burhinus
Mass: 305
Image: Water Thick-knee, flipped & cropped.jpg

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taxon rank: species
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern
taxon name: Burhinus vermiculatus
Commons category: Burhinus vermiculatus
taxon common name: alcaravão-de-água
litter size: 2
egg incubation period: 23
taxon range: Burkina Faso
external data available at URL: www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c

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Encyclopedic overview

The water thick-knee or water dikkop (Burhinus vermiculatus) is a species of bird in the thick-knee family Burhinidae. The species is found across sub-Saharan Africa, usually close to water.

Distribution and habitat

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Water Thick-knee” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.