• Synonyms Spotted thick-knee dikkop, Spotted Stonecurlew, Spotted Dikkop, Cape Dikkop, Cape Thick-knee
  • Old latin name for bird Oedicnemus capensis

Spotted Thick-kneebird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Dawie de Swardt
    South Africa
  • 2.
    Call, © James Bradley
    Kenya
  • 3.
    Alarm call, © Andre Marais
    South Africa
  • 4.
    Song, © Marc Anderson
    Botswana
  • 5.
    Song, © Sander Bot
    South Africa
  • 6.
    Song, © Sander Bot
    South Africa
  • 7.
    Alarm call, flight call, © Faansie Peacock
    South Africa
  • 8.
    Call, © Derek Solomon
    South Africa
  • 9.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Namibia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Spotted Thick-knee

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion s Arabian Pen.; widespread, inland Sub-Saharan Africa

Spotted Thick-knee subspecies (4)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Burhinus capensis capensiss Kenya to South Africa, w from Zambia to nw Angola-No
Burhinus capensis damarensissw Angola, Namibia, sw Botswana and nw South Africa-No
Burhinus capensis dodsonicoastal Eritrea and Somalia; sw, se Arabian Pen.-No
Burhinus capensis maculosusSenegal to inland Somalia s to n Uganda and n Kenya-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansGewone Dikkop, Dikkop
AzerbaijaniKap pərttəgözü
BelarusianПлямісты палянiк
BretonBourlagad ar C'hab
BulgarianСевероафрикански турилик
Catalantorlit pigallat, Torlit del Cap
Chinese斑石鸻
Chinese (Traditional)點斑石鴴
Croatianpjegava ćukavica
Czechdytík skvrnitý
DanishPlettet Triel
DutchKaapse Griel
EsperantoPunktita trielo, Makula trielo
Estoniantäpik-jämejalg
Finnishsuomupaksujalka
FrenchOEdicnème du tachard, Oedicnème tachard, Œdicnème tachard, Oedicnème du Cap
FrisianKaapske tsjokpoat
GalicianAlcaraván do Cabo
GermanKaptriel
GreekΠετροτουρλίδα, Αφρικανική Πετροτουρλίδα, Στικτoπετρoτουρλίδα
Hungarianfokföldi ugartyúk
IcelandicBúatrill
IrishGlúintiubh ballach
ItalianOcchione del Capo, Occhione maculato
Japaneseケープイシチドリ, ケアプイシチドリ
Latvianpunktainais lielacis
Lithuaniankapinis storkulnis, Kapo storkulnis, Dėmėtasis storkulnis
Northern SamiDielkogassajuolgi
Norwegianflekktriel
Norwegian NynorskFlekktriel
Polishkulon plamisty
Portuguesealcaravão-do-cabo, Alcaravão do Cabo
RomanianPasărea ogorului de Cap
RussianКапская авдотка
SerbianPegavi ćurlikovac
ShonaGwarimutondo
Slovakležiak škvrnitý
SlovenianKapska prlivka
SpanishAlcaraván de El Cabo, Alcaraván del Cabo
SwahiliChekehukwa
Swedishfläcktjockfot
TsongaMtshikuyana
TswanaKgoadirê
Turkish., Benekli Kocagöz
Ukrainianлежень плямистий
WelshRhedwr brych
XhosaIngqangqolo
ZuluumBangaqhwa