Indian Thick-knee
Burhinus indicus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyBurhinidae (Stone-curlews and Thick-knees)
- GenusBurhinus (Typical Stone-curlews)
- SpeciesBurhinus indicus (Indian Thick-knee)
Closest Relatives at Kaziranga National Park
Great Thick-knee
Esacus recurvirostris
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 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 7 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 8 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 9 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 10 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 12 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 14 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 15 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Indian Thick-knee in Kaziranga National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Indian Thick-knee sighting in Kaziranga National Park, based on 11 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Indian Thick-knee in Kaziranga National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Indian Thick-knee in Kaziranga National Park in our monthly data.