Thick-knees (Burhinidae)
Water Dikkop (Burhinus vermiculatus) - HBW 3, p. 361
French: Oedicnème vermiculé
German: Wassertriel
Spanish: Alcaraván Acuático
Other common names: Water Thick-knee
Taxonomy: Oedicnemus vermiculatus Cabanis, 1868, Lake Jipe, near Taita, Kenya.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- buettikoferi (Reichenow, 1898) - Liberia to Nigeria and Gabon; sometimes claimed to occur E to Uganda.
- vermiculatus (Cabanis, 1868) - Zaire E to SC Somalia, and S to E & S South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird preening near Sunset Dam Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp vermiculatus)
Ghislain Gosse 16 October 2009 2 years ago 41 sec 4.5 -
Water dikkop drinking at Sunset dam (Lower Sabie) Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp vermiculatus)
Ghislain Gosse 20 October 2009 2 years ago 35 sec 4.4 -
A pair watching warily from around and behind small rocks Locality Paarl Bird Sanctuary, Paarl, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp vermiculatus)
Greg Baker 27 September 2002 35 weeks ago 35 sec 4.3 -
A bird incubating Locality World of Birds, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Jordi Sargatal 15 August 1998 6 years ago 9 sec 4.1 -
2 birds looking at us Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp vermiculatus)
Daniêl Jimenez 23 September 2010 2 years ago 54 sec 3.9 -
A pair on a sandbank Locality Mana Pools National Park, Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe (ssp vermiculatus)
Greg Baker 11 September 1999 1 year ago 27 sec 3.8
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in a group of many in the shadow of mangroves
Locality Congo River mouth, Diani Beach, Kenya (ssp vermiculatus)
Marco Valentini 8 February 2012 1 year ago 4.6 -
breeding on ground
Locality Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya
Axel Gollnisch 31 October 2009 19 weeks ago 4.5 -
the bird was defending its eggs
Locality Speke Bay Lodge, Lamadi, Tanzania
jaap k 28 September 2012 17 weeks ago 4.4 -
One bird on the ground in the shade of the bush
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Libor Vaicenbacher 3 years ago 4.3 -
Two birds standing on a mud bank.
Locality Bogol Manyo, Genale Valley, Ethiopia (ssp vermiculatus)
David Beadle 27 January 2009 16 weeks ago 4.3 -
Bird sitting near the Chobe River
Locality Chobe National Park, North-West District, Botswana
Cindywutsch 28 October 2010 11 weeks ago 4.2
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A bird calling once, under the rain (repeated). Locality De Mond, Western Cape Province, South Africa
(ssp vermiculatus)
Keith Blomerley 5 October 2004 16 weeks ago 4
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