Double-banded Courser (Smutsornis africanus gracilis) - 3 July 2013. Tarangire National Park, Manyara Region, Tanzania.





Here is another cryptic denizen of arid grasslands. Coursers are elegant plover-like birds included with the Pratincoles in the family Glareolidae. Clements and HBW list it as the sole member of the genus Smutsornis, but most other authors include it with other coursers in the genus Rhinoptilus. Two-banded Courser is an alternative English name.

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