| Three-banded courser | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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:
- 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
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R. c. emini, Lake Baringo, Kenya
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female (left) and male (right)
Lake Baringo, Kenya -
R. c. seeboehmi
Matetsi Safari Area, Zimbabwe -
Nominate (right) and seeboehmi (left)
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References
- 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.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Sandpipers, snipes, coursers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
External links
- Image at ADW
- Three-banded courser - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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| Rhinoptilus cinctus | |
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