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 Table Mountain National Park
Water Thick-knee
Burhinus vermiculatus
Dominican Gull
Larus dominicanus
Hartlaub's Gull
Chroicocephalus hartlaubii
African Black Oystercatcher
Haematopus moquini
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
Snowy Sheathbill
Chionis albus
Grey-hooded Gull
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Greater Painted-Snipe
Rostratula benghalensis
📅 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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Spotted Thick-knee in Table Mountain National Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a Spotted Thick-knee sighting in Table Mountain National Park, based on 222 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Spotted Thick-knee in Table Mountain National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Spotted Thick-knee in Table Mountain National Park in our monthly data.