Temminck's courser

Temminck's courser
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Glareolidae
Genus: Cursorius
Species:
C. temminckii
Binomial name
Cursorius temminckii
Swainson, 1822

Temminck's courser (Cursorius temminckii) is a bird in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae. It is a wader which lives in sub-Saharan Africa. It is noted for laying its dark ash-black eggs in the burnt bushes and grass of the African savannah.[2][3][4]

Subspecies

There are three subspecies of Temminck's courser:[5]

This bird's common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.[6]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cursorius temminckii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22694120A93439599. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22694120A93439599.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Johann Georg Goldammer; Cornelis De Ronde (2004). Wildland Fire Management Handbook for Sub-Sahara Africa. African Minds. pp. 82–. ISBN 978-1-919833-65-1.
  3. ^ Frost, P. G. H. (1984). "The Responses and Survival of Organisms in Fire-Prone Environments". Ecological Effects of Fire in South African Ecosystems. Ecological Studies. Vol. 48. pp. 273–309. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-69805-7_13. ISBN 978-3-642-69807-1. ISSN 0070-8356.
  4. ^ Engelbrecht, G.D. (2001). "First record of the fledging period of Temminck's Courser,Cursorius temminckii". Ostrich. 72 (1–2): 117–118. Bibcode:2001Ostri..72..117E. doi:10.2989/00306520109485296. ISSN 0030-6525. S2CID 88119355.
  5. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Sandpipers, snipes, coursers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  6. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 335–336.
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