Rank Species | Scientific name Cursorius temminckii Higher classification Cursorius Order Shorebirds | |
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Temminck's courser, Cursorius temminckii, is a bird in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae. It is a wader which lives in sub-Saharan Africa. It is noted for laying its eggs in the burnt bushes and grass of the African savannah.
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Temminck s courser
Subspecies
There are three subspecies of Temminck's courser:
This bird's common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.
References
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