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Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis

  • LC Least Concern
  • Names (12)
  • Subspecies (4)
Rob Hume, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 7, 2015

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Recommended Citation

Hume, R., G. M. Kirwan, and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Spotted Thick-knee (Burhinus capensis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.sptkne1.01