Birds of the World

    CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae (Coursers, Pratincoles)  
Genus: Rhinoptilus (4 species)


Double-banded Courser
Double-banded Courser (Rhinoptilus africanus gracilis)
Range: AF: tropical to subtropical stony plains of e and s Africa
Tarangire National Park, Manyara, Tanzania  
 
Photograph by Allan Hopkins     Copyright and usage info


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Jerdon's Courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus) Critically Endangered
Range: OR: tropical scrub jungle of ec India: Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh (extremely rare)
 



Bronze-winged Courser
Bronze-winged Courser (Rhinoptilus chalcopterus)
Range: AF: tropical to subtropical wooded savanna of Sub-Saharan Africa: Senegal e to e Sudan and s to n South Africa
Elephant Sands Lodge, Botswana  
 
Photograph by Derek Keats     Copyright and usage info


Three-banded Courser
Three-banded Courser (Rhinoptilus cinctus)
Range: AF: tropical bushland and open woodland of ne to sc Africa
Lake Baringo, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Dave Curtis     Copyright and usage info



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