Beach Thick-knee
Esacus magnirostris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyBurhinidae (Stone-curlews and Thick-knees)
- GenusEsacus (Greater Stone-curlews)
- SpeciesEsacus magnirostris (Beach Thick-knee)
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Beach Thick-knee sighting in Ningaloo Marine Park, based on 14 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Ningaloo Marine Park
Bush Stone-curlew
Burhinus grallarius
Silver Gull
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
White-headed Stilt
Himantopus leucocephalus
Pied Oystercatcher
Haematopus longirostris
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles
Grey-tailed Tattler
Tringa brevipes
Lesser Crested Tern
Thalasseus bengalensis
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Banded Lapwing
Vanellus tricolor
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
📅 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Ningaloo Marine Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Beach Thick-knee in Ningaloo Marine Park?
About 3% of wildlife watchers report a Beach Thick-knee sighting in Ningaloo Marine Park, based on 14 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Beach Thick-knee in Ningaloo Marine Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Beach Thick-knee in Ningaloo Marine Park in our monthly data.