Spotted Thick-knee
Burhinus capensis
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Burhinidae
- Genus
- Burhinus
- eBird Code
- sptkne1
Vocalizations
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Subspecies (4)
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Burhinus capensis capensis
southern Kenya and northwestern Angola to South Africa
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Burhinus capensis damarensis
southwestern Angola to northwestern South Africa
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Burhinus capensis dodsoni
coastal Eritrea and Somalia, and southern Arabian Peninsula
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Burhinus capensis maculosus
Senegal to inland Somalia southward to northern Uganda and northern Kenya
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.