Stone-curlews, Thick-knees

Double-striped Thick-knee

Burhinus bistriatus

The Double-striped Thick-knee (Burhinus bistriatus) is a 787 g grassland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Stone-curlews, Thick-knees

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

787 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

12

Photo: (c) Juan Rafael Rodríguez Razgado, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist