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Water Thick-knee
Burhinus vermiculatus
Least ConcernThe Water Thick-knee is a shorebird of sub-Saharan African coasts, wetlands, savannas, and dry country. 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
- Water Thick-knee Range — Resident or seasonal range in sub-Saharan African coasts, wetlands, savannas, and dry country
- Population
- ≈ Unknown