Species profile
Bush Thick-knee
Burhinus grallarius
Quick answer
Australia (except arid areas), s New Guinea; vagrant to Tasmania
- Scientific name
- Burhinus grallarius
- Family
- Burhinidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Burhinus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Bush Thick-knee in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Burhinidae
- Bahama thick-knee (Burhinus nanus)
- Beach Stone-Curlew, Beach thick-knee (Esacus magnirostris)
- Burhinus lucorum (Burhinus lucorum)
- Double-striped Thick-knee (Burhinus bistriatus)
- Genucrassum bransatensis (Genucrassum bransatensis)
- Great Thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris)
- Indian Thick-knee (Burhinus indicus)
- Peruvian Thick-knee (Burhinus superciliaris)