#thick knee

Thank you booboo, we love you too. Here are some friends for you...

Spotted Thick-Knee or Spotted Dikkop (Burhinus capensis), family Burhinidae, order Charadriiformes, found in open grassland and desert habitat of Sub-Saharan Africa

photos: Maciej, Pierrev66, and Bernard DUPONT 

Yellow-knobbed Curassow (Crax daubentoni), males, family Cracidae, order Galliformes, Colombia

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium welcomed a Cape Thick-knee chick on March 14...the first for the zoo since 2015.

The Cape Thick-knee (Burhinus capensis) is native to southwestern and southern Africa. 🐣

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Productive day!

These three were humanely euthanazed due to either a broken wing or broken leg or both, that could not be repaired.

Bonus budgy

Species: grey go-away-bird, spotted thick knee, hadeda Ibis and budgerigar. Budgy and thick knee skulls are macerating.

Most of these pieces have been claimed as a trade, the rest I’ll be keeping.

Talk about resting bitch face :’)

Great Stone-Curlew or Great Thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris), family Burhinidae, order Charadriiformes, Maharashtra, India

Great Thick-Knee or Great Stone-Curlew (Esacus recurvirostris), family Burhinidae, order Charadriiformes, Wilpathu National Park Sri Lanka 

One of my favourite types of shorebird are the Curlews, this is a Eurasian Stone-Curlew (or Eurasian Thick-Knee)