Three-banded courser
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| image = Three-banded ( Heuglin's ) Courser.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Rhinoptilus
| species = cinctus
| authority = (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:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | year=2019 | title=Sandpipers, snipes, coursers | work=World Bird List Version 9.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/sandpipers/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=25 June 2019 }}
- 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
Heuglin's courser (Rhinoptilus cinctus emini) female.jpg|R. c. emini, Lake Baringo, Kenya
Heuglin's courser (Rhinoptilus cinctus) pair.jpg|female (left) and male (right)
Lake Baringo, Kenya
Three-banded courser (Rhinoptilus cinctus seeboehmi).jpg|R. c. seeboehmi
Matetsi Safari Area, Zimbabwe
Rhinoptilus1Keulemans.jpg|Nominate (right) and seeboehmi (left)
References
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External links
- [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/grzimek_birds/Glareolidae/Rhinoptilus_cinctus.jpg/view.html Image at ADW]
- Three-banded courser - [http://sabap2.adu.org.za/docs/sabap1/302.pdf Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds].
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Category:Birds of Southern Africa
Category:Taxa named by Theodor von Heuglin
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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