Eurasian Thick-knee

Burhinus oedicnemus

Least Concern

The Eurasian Thick-knee is a shorebird of Europe, western and central Asia, and their African or Asian wintering grounds. It uses its bill, legs, and alert flight to feed on invertebrates, seeds, or small aquatic prey along coasts, mudflats, rivers, lakes, grasslands, or open ground; many shorebirds make impressive seasonal movements between breeding and non-breeding areas.

Family

Burhinidae

Group

Shorebirds

Range

Eurasian Thick-knee Range — Resident or seasonal range in Europe, western and central Asia, and their African or Asian wintering grounds

Population

≈ Unknown

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