Double-banded Courser
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| Double-banded Courser | |
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| In Serengeti National Park, Tanzania | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Glareolidae |
| Genus: | Rhinoptilus |
| Species: | R. africanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhinoptilus africanus (Temminck, 1807) |
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The Double-banded Courser (Rhinoptilus africanus) is a species of bird in the Glareolidae family.
It is sometimes classified as the sole member of the genus Smutsornis as Smutsornis africanus.
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Rhinoptilus africanus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
[edit] External links
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