Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (31)
- Monotypic
Rob Hume and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 6, 2015
Text last updated November 6, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Arabic | كروان سنغالي |
| Bulgarian | Сенегалски турилик |
| Catalan | torlit del Senegal |
| Croatian | sahelska ćukavica |
| Czech | dytík africký |
| Danish | Senegaltriel |
| Dutch | Senegalese Griel |
| English | Senegal Thick-knee |
| English (United States) | Senegal Thick-knee |
| Finnish | sahelinpaksujalka |
| French | Oedicnème du Sénégal |
| French (France) | Oedicnème du Sénégal |
| German | Senegaltriel |
| Greek | Πετροτουρλίδα της Σενεγάλης |
| Hebrew | כרוון סנגלי |
| Icelandic | Flóðtríll |
| Japanese | コイシチドリ |
| Lithuanian | Senegalinis storkulnis |
| Norwegian | flodtriel |
| Polish | kulon rzeczny |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Alcaravão-do-senegal |
| Romanian | Pasărea ogorului de Senegal |
| Russian | Сенегальская авдотка |
| Serbian | Senegalski ćurlikovac |
| Slovak | ležiak riečny |
| Slovenian | Senegalska prlivka |
| Spanish | Alcaraván Senegalés |
| Spanish (Spain) | Alcaraván senegalés |
| Swedish | senegaltjockfot |
| Turkish | Nil Kocagözü |
| Ukrainian | Лежень річковий |
Burhinus senegalensis (Swainson, 1837)
PROTONYM:
OEdicnemus Senegalensis
Swainson, 1837. The natural history of the birds of Western Africa 2, p.228.
TYPE LOCALITY:
West Africa = Senegal, by inference.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- BURHINUS
- senegala / senegalensis / senegalla / senegallensis / senegalli / senegallus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Senegal Thick-knee
