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 Satpura National Park
Indian Thick-knee
Burhinus indicus
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
River Tern
Sterna aurantia
River Lapwing
Vanellus duvaucelii
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Indian Skimmer
Rynchops albicollis
Small Pratincole
Glareola lactea
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
📅 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 Satpura National Park?
About 9% of visitor-days record a Great Thick-knee sighting in Satpura National Park, based on 74 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Great Thick-knee in Satpura National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Great Thick-knee in Satpura National Park in our monthly data.