Coursers and Pratincoles (Glareolidae)
Double-banded Courser (Smutsornis africanus) - HBW 3, p. 378
French: Courvite à double collier
German: Doppelband-Rennvogel
Spanish: Corredor Escamoso Chico
Other common names: Two-banded Courser
Taxonomy: Cursorius africanus Temminck, 1807, Namaqualand.
Often included in Rhinoptilus, sometimes in Cursorius, but probably merits its own monotypic genus. Alternatively, present species and R. cinctus have been placed in Hemerodromus. Birds from C Tanzania sometimes separated from gracilis as race illustris; race sharpei sometimes considered synonymous with nominate. Eight subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- raffertyi (Mearns, 1915) - E Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.
- hartingi (Sharpe, 1893) - SE Ethiopia (Ogaden) and Somalia.
- gracilis (Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) - Tanzania and Kenya.
- raffertyi (Mearns, 1915) - E Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.
- hartingi (Sharpe, 1893) - SE Ethiopia (Ogaden) and Somalia.
- gracilis (Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) - Tanzania and Kenya.
- bisignatus (Hartlaub, 1865) - SW Angola.
- traylori (Irwin, 1963) - Etosha region of Namibia to Makgadikgadi system of Botswana.
- sharpei (Erlanger, 1905) - C Namibia.
- africanus (Temminck, 1807) - SW & C Kalahari, N Cape Province and S Namibia.
- granti (W. L. Sclater, 1921) - W Cape Province and Karoo.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on the ground. Locality Imi, Ethiopia (ssp raffertyi)
Josep del Hoyo 5 December 2005 7 years ago 28 sec 4.6 -
A bird on the ground Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp traylori)
Keith Blomerley 13 January 2007 5 years ago 21 sec 4.4 -
A ventral view of a preening bird in the shade of a bush. Locality Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania (ssp gracilis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 February 2012 36 weeks ago 21 sec 4.3 -
A bird on the ground, calling and running away Locality Piper Pans, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Ghanzi District, Botswana (ssp traylori)
Philip Griffin 4 August 2000 7 years ago 19 sec 4 -
A wary bird running in the grass, eventually flying away. Locality Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania (ssp gracilis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 16 February 2012 36 weeks ago 17 sec 3.8 -
A bird walking across bare ground Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp traylori)
Keith Blomerley 13 January 2007 5 years ago 15 sec 3.8
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双领斑走鸻 Double-banded Courser (Rhinoptilus africanus), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania 坦桑尼亚
Locality Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Tanzania (ssp gracilis)
bird.soong 3 August 2012 26 weeks ago 4.5 -
Lone bird on mourning light
Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp traylori)
auf 19 July 2004 2 years ago 4.5 -
A couple of displaying birds.
Locality Arusha Region, Tanzania (ssp gracilis)
M P Goodey 1 January 2006 1 year ago 4.4 -
An adult standing on a track.
Locality Bloemhof Dam Nature Reserve, North West Province, South Africa (ssp africanus)
David Beadle 5 February 2011 11 weeks ago 4.2 -
Part of a group of four
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya (ssp gracilis)
Marco Valentini 31 January 2012 1 year ago 4.1 -
In a group of four in open arid grassland
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Marco Valentini 31 January 2012 1 year ago 4
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An individual calling. Locality Piper Pans, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Ghanzi District, Botswana
(ssp traylori)
Philip Griffin 4 August 2000 15 weeks ago 4
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