Spotted thick-knee, spotted dikkop or Cape thick-knee (Burhinus capensis). Hermanus, Whale Coast, Overberg, Western Cape, South Africa.

oedicnemus capensis burhinus capensis natural area summer adult alone posing camouflage outdoor close up overview day plumage look flower three quarter shot western cape province alarm burhinus september spotted thick knee burhinus capensis nobody nature natural areas ecosystem ecosystems summertime adults single lonely only solo one lone posed pose settlings settling camouflages outdoors outsides outside overviews global sight global sights full length days daytime plumages looked looking flowers three quarter views three quarter view three quarter shots three quarter sight three quarter sights three quarter length west cape give the alarm giving the alarm alert alerts alarming alarmed alarms least concern species spotted thick knees burhinus capensis cape dikkop spotted thick knee dikkop spotted stonecurlew cape thick knee spotted dikkop with nobody naturalness area temperate season seasons ambiance stage of development individual relation between species species livery morphology zoology organism flora south africa southern africa africa burhinidae charadriiformes aves sauropsida tetrapoda tetrapodomorpha rhipidistia sarcopterygii euteleostomi gnathostomata vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota iucn red list of threatened species thick knee small wading shore bird bird sauropsid vertebrate chordate wild animal animal