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Water Thick-knee

Burhinus vermiculatus(Cabanis, JL, 1868)

English (US) Water Thick-knee

The Water Thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Burhinidae (Thick-knees and Stone-curlews) in the order Charadriiformes.

Scientific name
Burhinus vermiculatus
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Water Thick-knee
Described by
(Cabanis, JL, 1868)

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Recognised subspecies

The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.

Taxonomic history

First described as
Oedicnemus vermiculatus
Described by
(Cabanis, JL, 1868)
Type locality
No locality given = Lake Jipe, near Taita, Kenya Colony.
Original description
Journal für Ornithologie 16, no.96 p.413

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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