Spotted Thick-knee

Spotted Thick-knee

Taxobox
name = Spotted Thick-knee



image_caption = At the Henry Doorly Zoo
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Charadriiformes
familia = Burhinidae
genus = "Burhinus"
species = "B. capensis"
binomial = "Burhinus capensis"
binomial_authority = (Lichtenstein, 1823)

The Spotted Thick-knee, "Burhinus capensis", also known as the Spotted Dikkop or Cape Thick-knee, is a stone-curlew in the family Burhinidae.

Gallery

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3082&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=1393 Cape Thick-knees videos] on the Internet Bird Collection


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