Double-banded Courser
Smutsornis africanus(Temminck, CJ, 1807)
English (US) Double-banded Courser
The Double-banded Courser (Smutsornis africanus) 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
- Smutsornis africanus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Double-banded Courser
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1807)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 8 subspecies for this species.
- Smutsornis africanus raffertyi
- Smutsornis africanus hartingi
- Smutsornis africanus gracilis
- Smutsornis africanus bisignatus
- Smutsornis africanus erlangeri
- Smutsornis africanus traylori
- Smutsornis africanus africanus
- Smutsornis africanus granti
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Cursorius africanus
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1807)
- Type locality
- Namaqualand.
- Original description
- Catalogue systématique du cabinet d'ornithologie et de la collection de quadrumanes de Crd. Jb. Temminck p.175,263
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Coursers and Pratincoles
Bronze-winged Courser
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
Jerdon's Courser
Rhinoptilus bitorquatus
Three-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus cinctus
Temminck's Courser
Cursorius temminckii
Indian Courser
Cursorius coromandelicus
Cream-Coloured Courser
Cursorius cursor
Somali Courser
Cursorius somalensis
Burchell's Courser
Cursorius rufus
Madagascar Pratincole
Glareola ocularis
Rock Pratincole
Glareola nuchalis
Australian Pratincole
Glareola isabella
Small Pratincole
Glareola lactea
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