Great Thick-knee
Esacus recurvirostris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyBurhinidae (Stone-curlews and Thick-knees)
- GenusEsacus (Greater Stone-curlews)
- SpeciesEsacus recurvirostris (Great Thick-knee)
Closest Relatives at Kaziranga National Park
Indian Thick-knee
Burhinus indicus
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
Bronze-winged Jacana
Metopidius indicus
Grey-headed Lapwing
Vanellus cinereus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
River Tern
Sterna aurantia
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 6 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Great Thick-knee in Kaziranga National Park?
About 5% of visitor-days record a Great Thick-knee sighting in Kaziranga National Park, based on 220 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Great Thick-knee in Kaziranga National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Great Thick-knee in Kaziranga National Park in our monthly data.