Spotted Thick-knee
Burhinus capensis
Overview
The Spotted Thick-knee (Burhinus capensis) is a species of Thick-knee (family Burhinidae) in the order Charadriiformes of bird (class Aves).
Description
Long legs with brown-and-white speckled plumage and a large round head with a yellow eye and a short, stout beak. Males and females look similar.
Range
Found in the grasslands and savannas of sub-Saharan Africa up to 2500m elevation.
Gallery
Adult
Tracy Aviary, Utah
, 11 Oct 2021
© Graeme C. Colmer
Classification
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Charadriiformes
- Family: Burhinidae
- Genus: Burhinus
- Species: Burhinus capensis
- Genus: Burhinus
- Family: Burhinidae
- Order: Charadriiformes
- Class: Aves
- Phylum: Chordata
- Kingdom: Animalia
Species in the Genus of Burhinus
Bush Thick-knee
Burhinus grallarius
Eurasian Thick-knee
Burhinus oedicnemus
Indian Thick-knee
Burhinus indicus
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensis
Spotted Thick-knee
Burhinus capensis
Water Thick-knee
Burhinus vermiculatus
External Links
Spotted Thick-knee
– Wikipedia
Spotted Thick-knee
– Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Spotted Thick-knee
– Audubon.org
