Thick-knees (Burhinidae)
Senegal Thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis) - HBW 3, p. 361
French: Oedicnème du Sénégal
German: Senegaltriel
Spanish: Alcaraván Senegalés
Other common names: Senegal Stone-curlew
Taxonomy: Œdicnemus Senegalensis Swainson, 1837, Senegal.
E populations sometimes separated as race inornatus, but differences rather slight and broad zone of intergradation through N Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic and NE Zaire. Monotypic.
Distribution: Senegambia E through Nigeria and Central African Republic to Sudan, whence N to Egypt, E to Ethiopia and Somalia, and S to Kenya.
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a few birds around the water Locality Kotu Creek, Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 23 December 2011 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 21 sec 4.5 -
A bird near water Locality Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 2 years ago 22 sec 4 -
Several birds at the junction of a stream with the river. Locality Jemmu Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 November 2005 5 years ago 34 sec 3.9 -
A bird at the edge of the river, preening its tail. Locality Jemmu Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 November 2005 5 years ago 41 sec 3.8 -
A bird standing still, in slow motion Locality Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal (Monotypic species)
Juan Sanabria 31 December 2007 3 years ago 23 sec 3.7 -
A bird at the edge of the river, preening. Locality Jemmu Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 November 2005 5 years ago 38 sec 3.7
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Probable immature (2nd-cy) from behind on the left: tertials with black and white edge, barred rectrices. Adult from behind on t
Locality Saly, Thiès Region, Senegal (Monotypic species)
Alain Fossé 17 February 2004 2 years ago 4 -
alcaraván senegalés (Burhinus senegalensis). Muy parecidos a nuestro alcaraván o sebel.li (Burhinus oedicnemus), se diferencian
Locality Faraba Banta, Western Division, The Gambia
Juan José Bazán Hiraldo 16 October 2008 1 year ago 3.6 -
a bird on the lake shore
Locality Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Stefan Helming 27 June 2009 2 years ago 3.6 -
Probable immature (2nd-cy) with an adult in the background. Immature with black and white edge on the tertials, white edge at th
Locality Saly, Thiès Region, Senegal (Monotypic species)
Alain Fossé 17 February 2004 2 years ago 3.5 -
A bird
Locality North Bank Division, The Gambia
Daniêl Jimenez 11 January 2005 3 years ago 3.5 -
Right side of an adult (plain tertials) with Speckled Pigeons (Columba guinea).
Locality Saly, Thiès Region, Senegal (Monotypic species)
Alain Fossé 17 February 2004 2 years ago 3.4
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A bird calling. Locality Kédougou Region, Senegal
(Monotypic species)
herve jacob 31 January 2010 1 year ago 4
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