Three-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus cinctus(Heuglin, MT, 1863)
English (US) Three-banded Courser
The Three-banded Courser (Rhinoptilus cinctus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Glareolidae (Coursers and Pratincoles) in the order Charadriiformes.
- Scientific name
- Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Three-banded Courser
- Described by
- (Heuglin, MT, 1863)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Rhinoptilus cinctus mayaudi
- Rhinoptilus cinctus balsaci
- Rhinoptilus cinctus cinctus
- Rhinoptilus cinctus emini
- Rhinoptilus cinctus seebohmi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Hemerodromus cinctus
- Described by
- (Heuglin, MT, 1863)
- Type locality
- Near Gondokoro, White Nile.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.1, vol.5, no.17 p.31 pl.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Indian Courser
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Somali Courser
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Burchell's Courser
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Madagascar Pratincole
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Rock Pratincole
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Australian Pratincole
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Small Pratincole
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