Bird
Eurasian Thick-knee
Burhinus oedicnemus · Burhinidae · Charadriiformes
Best monthsApr–Junmost records
Records213,115in 42 countries
Most seen inFrance77,030 records
Red ListLeast concernIUCN status
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About
Eurasian Thick-knee in brief
The eurasian thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus) is a bird of the Burhinidae family — species of bird.
Across the 42 countries we cover it has 213,115 published records, most of them from France, Spain and Israel. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in April, May and June and fall to their lowest in November and December.
Its global conservation status is least concern on the IUCN Red List.
Records by month
All countries combined · the strongest months highlightedJFMAMJJASOND
Where & when
When to look in each country
France77,030 records · best May, Apr
Spain70,830 records · best Apr, May
Israel26,296 records · best May, Apr
United Kingdom10,215 records · best May, Apr
Portugal9,826 records · best Apr, May
Morocco3,519 records · best Mar, Apr
Greece3,345 records · best May, Apr
Italy2,272 records · best Apr, Dec
Cyprus1,823 records · best Apr, Mar
Türkiye1,775 records · best Apr, May
Palestine1,495 records · best Jun, Apr
Bulgaria660 records · best May, Sep
Romania503 records · best May, Jun
United Arab Emirates460 records · best Oct, Mar
Ukraine425 records · best Aug, May
Hungary422 records · best May, Jun
Croatia357 records · best May, Apr
Tunisia319 records · best Apr, May
Albania283 records · best May, Apr
Montenegro280 records · best Apr, May
Algeria148 records · best Apr, Aug
Azerbaijan124 records · best Apr, Oct
Georgia119 records · best Sep, Oct
Egypt99 records · best Mar, Apr
Mauritania81 records · best Mar, Nov
Jordan67 records · best Apr, Mar
Kuwait59 records · best Mar, Oct
Afghanistan53 records · best Sep, Mar
Uzbekistan42 records · best May, Apr
Slovenia39 records · best Aug, Jan
Malta30 records · best Apr, Mar
Libya26 records · best May, Apr
Iraq18 records · best May, Mar
Qatar17 records · best Feb, Mar
Serbia14 records · best Sep, Oct
Lebanon13 records · best Apr, Oct
Syria12 records · best Apr, Jun
North Macedonia7 records · best Jul, May
Bahrain7 records · best Oct, Nov
São Tomé and Príncipe3 records · best Jan, Feb
Andorra1 records · best Nov, Jan
Seychelles1 records · best Oct, Jan
Map
Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.