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 1 year ago 41 sec 4.2 -
Water dikkop drinking at Sunset dam (Lower Sabie) Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp vermiculatus)
Ghislain Gosse 20 October 2009 1 year ago 35 sec 4.2 -
A bird in the rain, calling once Locality De Mond, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp vermiculatus)
Keith Blomerley 5 October 2004 5 years ago 26 sec 4 -
2 birds looking at us Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp vermiculatus)
Daniêl Jimenez 23 September 2010 51 weeks ago 54 sec 3.6 -
A bird at the river edge Locality Nile River, Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (ssp vermiculatus)
Josep del Hoyo 28 August 2006 5 years ago 16 sec 3.6 -
A bird on the ground. Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (ssp vermiculatus)
Eldert Groenewoud 6 March 2008 3 years ago 49 sec 3.5
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One bird on the ground in the shade of the bush
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Libor Vaicenbacher 2 years ago 4.4 -
Water dikkop standing
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Chris and Megan Perkins 26 March 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Water Thick-knee on the shore of Lake Baringo.
Locality Lake Baringo, Kenya
NCairns 25 July 2011 27 weeks ago 3.5 -
Resting on the river bank
Locality Chobe National Park, North-West District, Botswana
Lindsay Hansch 13 September 2007 42 weeks ago 3.3 -
a bird
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Stefan Helming 28 December 2009 2 years ago 3.3 -
On ground
Locality Bugesera, East Province, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 13 June 2010 1 year ago 3.2
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