Spotted Thick-knee
Burhinus capensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyBurhinidae (Stone-curlews and Thick-knees)
- GenusBurhinus (Typical Stone-curlews)
- SpeciesBurhinus capensis (Spotted Thick-knee)
Closest Relatives at Niokolo-Koba National Park
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensis
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus
Egyptian Plover
Pluvianus aegyptius
African Wattled Lapwing
Vanellus senegallus
White-headed Lapwing
Vanellus albiceps
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Greater Painted-Snipe
Rostratula benghalensis
Black-headed Lapwing
Vanellus tectus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Spotted Thick-knee at Niokolo-Koba National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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