Great Thick-knee

Great Thick-knee

Esacus recurvirostris

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
20–30% · Possible
overall probability at Ranthambore National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
30–40
Feb
20–30
Mar
20–30
Apr
20–30
May
30–40
Jun
0–10
Jul
0–10
Aug
10–20
Sep
10–20
Oct
10–20
Nov
10–20
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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
30–40%
2 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
30–40%
3 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
4 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
0–10%
5 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
0–10%
6 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
0–10%
7 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
8 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
9 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
10 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
11 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
12 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Great Thick-knee in Ranthambore National Park?

About 21% of visitor-days record a Great Thick-knee sighting in Ranthambore National Park, based on 255 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Great Thick-knee in Ranthambore National Park?

February has the highest sighting rate for Great Thick-knee in Ranthambore National Park in our monthly data.

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