Biology:Three-banded courser
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Short description: Species of bird
Three-banded courser | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Glareolidae |
Genus: | Rhinoptilus |
Species: | R. cinctus
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Binomial name | |
Rhinoptilus cinctus (Heuglin, 1863)
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The three-banded courser (Rhinoptilus cinctus) is a species of bird in the family Glareolidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, Somaliland, South Africa , South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Subspecies
There are five subspecies of three-banded courser:[2]
- R. c. mayaudi, (Érard, Hemery & Pasquet, 1993): Ethiopia & northern Somalia
- R. c. balsaci, (Érard, Hemery & Pasquet, 1993): southern Somalia & northeast Kenya
- R. c. cinctus, (Heuglin, 1863): southeast South Sudan & northwest Kenya
- R. c. emini, (Zedlitz, 1914): southern Kenya, Tanzania & northern Zambia
- R. c. seeboehmi, (Sharpe, 1893): southern Angola & northern Namibia to Zimbabwe & northern South Africa
Gallery
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Rhinoptilus cinctus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22694099A93438873. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22694099A93438873.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22694099/93438873. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Sandpipers, snipes, coursers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/sandpipers/.
External links
- Image at ADW
- Three-banded courser - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
Wikidata ☰ Q1266895 entry
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