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  • Water Thick-knee, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Nancy Christensen, all rights reserved

  • Water Thick-knee, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

  • Water Thick-knee, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) John Wilkinson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Water Thick-knee, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

  • Water Thick-knee, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) katiesan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Water Thick-knee, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Muchaxo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Water Thick-knee

Burhinus vermiculatus

Worldwide
4,194 observations
Group
Birds
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

The water thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus), or water dikkop is a species of bird in the family Burhinidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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