Three-banded courser
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Glareolidae
Genus: Rhinoptilus
Species:
R. cinctus
Binomial name
Rhinoptilus cinctus
(Heuglin, 1863)

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]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Rhinoptilus cinctus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22694099A93438873. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22694099A93438873.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Sandpipers, snipes, coursers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 June 2019.


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