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Alternative name: Water Dikkop

Burhinus vermiculatus

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Location: KZN, South Africa

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Sub-Saharan Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies¹

• B. v. buettikoferi - Liberia to Nigeria and Gabon; vagrant to Senegambia
• B. v. vermiculatus - Zaire to Somalia and South Africa

[edit] Habitat

River and lake edges.

[edit] Behaviour

Nocturnal.

The diet includes insects, crustaceans and molluscs.

[edit] References

1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

[edit] External Links