Water Thick-knee

Burhinus vermiculatus (Cabanis, 1868) — also called Water Dikkop, WATK. Occurrence records of the Water Thick-knee are shared on GBIF from around 79 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Kruger National Park (3 379 records), in 5 provinces.

IUCN: Least concern

79reserves with records

15 162records around them

5provinces

LCIUCN category

Water Thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus) — Photo: Greg Miles from Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Kruger National ParkNational park	LP Limpopo	3 379
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 646
St. Lucia SystemProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	725
Lion Sands Game ReservePrivate game reserve	MP Mpumalanga	716
Paarl Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	687
East London Coast Nature ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	568
Saint Lucia ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	508
Seal IslandNature reserve	WC Western Cape	458
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	405
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	397
Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve	WC Western Cape	397
Bonamanzi Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	380
Limietberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	328
Trafalgar Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	305
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	280
Mjejane Private Game ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	262
De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	227
Virginia Bush Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	217
Burman BushProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	206
Beachwood Mangrove Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	198
Gonubie Mouth Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	167
Gonubie Bird Sanctuary NPOWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	167
SabieparkNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	163
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	162
Umhlanga LagoonProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	145
Woody Cape Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	126
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	124
Idube Game ReservePrivate game reserve	MP Mpumalanga	117
Stilbaai Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	94
Morris point / Uitkyk puntNature reserve	WC Western Cape	86
Mala Mala Game ReserveGame reserve	MP Mpumalanga	82
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	81
Timbavati Game ReserveGame reserve	MP Mpumalanga	74
Boulders Penguin ColonyGame reserve	WC Western Cape	74
Nahoon Estuary Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	72
Dassie TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	72
Tsitsikamma National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	62
Tsitsikamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	62
Kabeljous Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	60
Londolozi Game ReservePrivate game reserve	MP Mpumalanga	58
Keurboomsrivier NatuurreservaatNature reserve	WC Western Cape	55
Klaserie Game ReserveGame reserve	MP Mpumalanga	52
Cape Recife Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	46
Loskop Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	46
Kowie Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	45
False Bay ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	44
Letaba Ranch Provincial ParkNature reserve	LP Limpopo	42
Wild Rivers Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	40
Manyoni Private Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	37
Sabi Sands Game ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	37
Golela BushNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	34
Manyeleti Game ReservePrivate game reserve	MP Mpumalanga	30
Goukamma Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	29
Phinda Resource ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	28
Eastern Shores State ForestForest reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	26
Lourie Dam Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	25
Elandsberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	21
Kapama Game ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	20
Tshukudu Private Game ReserveGame reserve	LP Limpopo	18
Zimanga Private Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	14

and 19 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

KwaZulu-Natal: 19 reserves
Western Cape: 19 reserves
Eastern Cape: 18 reserves
Mpumalanga: 14 reserves
Limpopo: 9 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Burhinidae
Scientific name: Burhinus vermiculatus
GBIF taxon: 2482095
Wikidata: Q263426

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.