Water Thick-knee
Burhinus vermiculatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyBurhinidae (Stone-curlews and Thick-knees)
- GenusBurhinus (Typical Stone-curlews)
- SpeciesBurhinus vermiculatus (Water Thick-knee)
Closest Relatives at Akagera National Park
African Wattled Lapwing
Vanellus senegallus
Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Senegal Lapwing
Vanellus lugubris
Long-toed Lapwing
Vanellus crassirostris
Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Collared Pratincole
Glareola pratincola
Temminck's Courser
Cursorius temminckii
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Water Thick-knee in Akagera National Park?
About 38% of visitor-days record a Water Thick-knee sighting in Akagera National Park, based on 185 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Water Thick-knee in Akagera National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Water Thick-knee in Akagera National Park in our monthly data.