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Three-banded courser

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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.

Three-banded courser

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Glareolidae
Genus:	Rhinoptilus
Species:	R. cinctus
Binomial name
*Rhinoptilus cinctus* (Heuglin, 1863)

Subspecies

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There are five subspecies of three-banded courser:^[2]

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 NamibiatoZimbabwe & northern South Africa

Gallery

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R. c. emini, Lake Baringo, Kenya
female (left) and male (right)
Lake Baringo, Kenya
R. c. seeboehmi
Matetsi Safari Area, Zimbabwe
Nominate (right) and seeboehmi (left)

References

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^ 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

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Image at ADW
Three-banded courser - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.

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