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Three banded courser

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Genus
  
Rhinoptilus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Family
  
Glareolidae

Scientific name
  
Rhinoptilus cinctus

Higher classification
  
Rhinoptilus

Order
  
Shorebirds

Three-banded courser Threebanded courser

Similar
  
Bronze‑winged courser, Temminck's courser, Double‑banded courser, Burchell's courser, Somali courser

The three-banded courser (Rhinoptilus cinctus) is a species of bird in the Glareolidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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Subspecies

There are five subspecies of three-banded courser:

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  • 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

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    References

    Three-banded courser Wikipedia
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