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
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Water Thick-knee
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1868)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Burhinus vermiculatus buettikoferi
- Burhinus vermiculatus vermiculatus
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.
Other species of the family Thick-knees and Stone-curlews
Peruvian Thick-knee
Hesperoburhinus superciliaris
Double-striped Thick-knee
Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
Beach Stone-curlew
Esacus magnirostris
Great Stone-curlew
Esacus recurvirostris
Bush Stone-curlew
Burhinus grallarius
Spotted Thick-knee
Burhinus capensis
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensis
Indian Stone-curlew
Burhinus indicus
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemus
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