Spotted Thick-knee












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The "knees" don't look that thick to me.

This bird is also called the Cape Thick-knee or Spotted Dikkop. "Dikkop" is Afrikaans for "thick-head"—that one makes slightly more sense.

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Burhinus capensis capensis, Amboseli, June 22