Great Thick-knee
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Great Thick-knee

Esacus recurvirostris

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
5–10% · With luck
overall probability at Kaziranga National Park
211 Verified records at Kaziranga National Park
January Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The great stone-curlew or great thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris) is a large wader which is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh into South-east Asia. Wikipedia →

5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Great Thick-knee sighting in Kaziranga National Park, based on 211 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Kaziranga National Park

Indian Thick-knee
LC

Indian Thick-knee

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Burhinus indicus

<5% · Rare
Red-wattled Lapwing
LC Endemic

Red-wattled Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus indicus

50–60% · Likely
Bronze-winged Jacana
LC

Bronze-winged Jacana

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Metopidius indicus

40–50% · Likely
Grey-headed Lapwing
LC

Grey-headed Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus cinereus

30–40% · Possible
Green Sandpiper
LC

Green Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa ochropus

30–40% · Possible
Common Greenshank
LC

Common Greenshank

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa nebularia

30–40% · Possible
Northern Lapwing
NT

Northern Lapwing

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Vanellus vanellus

20–30% · Possible
River Tern
VU

River Tern

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Sterna aurantia

20–30% · Possible
Common Sandpiper
LC

Common Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actitis hypoleucos

20–30% · Possible
Common Snipe
LC

Common Snipe

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Gallinago gallinago

20–30% · Possible
Common Redshank
LC

Common Redshank

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa totanus

20–30% · Possible
Wood Sandpiper
LC

Wood Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa glareola

20–30% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
10–20
Feb
5–10
Mar
10–20
Apr
5–10
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
5–10
Oct
10–20
Nov
10–20
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
30–40%
2 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
30–40%
3 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
4 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
5 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
6 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
5–10%
7 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
8 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
9 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
10 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
11 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
12 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Great Thick-knee in Kaziranga National Park?

About 9% of wildlife watchers report a Great Thick-knee sighting in Kaziranga National Park, based on 211 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Great Thick-knee in Kaziranga National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Great Thick-knee in Kaziranga National Park in our monthly data.

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