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Photo © by volker sthamer
Hawassa, Ethiopia, February 2016

Burhinus senegalensis

Identification

Photo © by d.flack
Kotu Creek, Gambia, 24 November 2016

Black and yellow black bills, large yellow eyes and cryptic plumage. Prominent joints in the long yellow or greenish legs. In Flight, underwing shows black tips of primary but not secondary coverts.

Similar species

Water Thick-knee in flight shows black tips on both primary and secondary coverts.

Distribution

Photo © by Steve G
Island on Lake Baringo, Kenya, 28 July 2011

Sandy lake and river banks of sub-Saharan Africa

Taxonomy

A monotypic species.

Habitat

Dry open habitats near water.

Behaviour

2 blotchy light brown eggs are laid on a ground scrape.

The diet includes insects, crustaceans and other invertebrates and other small prey.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Hume, R. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Senegal Thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.setkne1.01
3. Birdforum thread discussing id of Water vs Senegal Thick-knee

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Senegal Thick-knee. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Senegal_Thick-knee

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