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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
21/05/2024 10:30:52 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Double-banded Courser*
Id (Atlas):
Smutsornis africanus
Description (10 )
Double-banded Courser
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Other Names (World)
Double-banded Courser, Two-banded Courser
Family
Glareolidae (Coursers, Pratincoles)
Size
24 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Temminck, 1807)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, hot desert. From sea-level - 1,800 m.
Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zimbabwe.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)... )
Listen to XC210306
Double-banded Courser (Rhinoptilus africanus ) [XC210306 ]
by Andrew Spencer from Aledeghe WIldlife Reserve, Ethiopia (call, song)
Listen to XC429509
Double-banded Courser (Rhinoptilus africanus ) [XC429509 ]
by Bernard BOUSQUET from Lake Manyara National Park, road loop to lake, Babati, Arusha, Tanzania (call)
Subspecies
The following 9 subspecies are recognised:
raffertyi Mearns, 1915 - Eastern Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.
hartingi Sharpe, 1893 - South-eastern Ethiopia (Ogaden) and Somalia.
gracilis (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) - Tanzania and Kenya.
bisignatus (Hartlaub, 1865) - South-western Angola.
traylori Irwin, 1963 - Etosha region of Namibia to Makgadikgadi system of Botswana.
sharpei (Erlanger, 1905) - Central Namibia.
africanus (Temminck, 1807) - South-western and central Kalahari, northern Cape Province and southern Namibia.
granti Sclater, WL, 1921 - Western Cape Province and Karoo.
erlangeri Niethammer & Wolters, 1966 - North-western Namibia.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Double-banded Courser see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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