You will hardly see it by day. The spotted thick-knee spends the daylight hours motionless, pressed to the ground, relying on its brown, mottled plumage to go unnoticed. But when night falls, it opens its huge yellow eyes and goes out hunting. It lives in the African savannas and is a relative of the Eurasian stone-curlew, which also roams the fields of Andalusia at night. Its shrill whistles are one of the most characteristic sounds of the African night. And a curious detail: what look like its thick, prominent knees are actually its ankles. Hence the name “thick-knee”. It lays its eggs directly on the ground, without a nest, and bravely defends its chicks. A master of camouflage with owl-like eyes.