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 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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