The Spotted Thick-knee is a wading bird from the southern half of Africa. It is fairly common.
Classification:
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Burhinidae
Genus: Burhinus
Species: B. capensis
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Spotted Thick-knee
"Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis, previously called Dikkop, 43 cm There are 9 species of Thicknees found worldwide, 4 off in Africa. These are nocturnal waders. hence the large eyes. they have long legs and are very vocal at night. We have a pair just a few houses away. The belong to Burhinidae. In some parts of the world, they are called curlew or stone curlew."
Spotted Thick-knee
A Spotted Thick-kneeSpotted thick-knee eggs
"The spotted thick-knee had two eggs with her. We did not go too near the eggs."
Spotted thick-knees
"These were not seen often and certainly not in such numbers. The birds were quite far back from the track hindering a close-up shot."
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