This thick-knee has large yellow eyes and long legs. It uses dry, open ground in Africa, including places near water.
It has mottled pale-brown plumage, large yellow eyes, a black-and-yellow bill, and long yellow to greenish legs.
It searches for small animals on dry open ground, often near water. Records describe two eggs laid in a shallow scrape on the ground.
It is especially vocal at night, giving loud whistles and trills.
The bill is longer and heavier than in Eurasian and Water Thick-knees.
A gray panel occupies the middle of the wing, without a black-and-white upper border.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.