Water thick-knee

Water thick-knee
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Burhinidae
Genus: Burhinus
Species:
B. vermiculatus
Binomial name
Burhinus vermiculatus
(Cabanis, 1868)
  range

The water thick-knee or water dikkop (Burhinus vermiculatus) is a species of bird in the thick-knee family Burhinidae. The species is found across sub-Saharan Africa, usually close to water.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Burhinus vermiculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693584A93413917. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693584A93413917.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.