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Burchell's Courser
Cursorius rufus Gould, 1837
Burchell's courser is an endemic African bird species distinguished from similar…
Temminck's Courser
Cursorius temminckii Swainson, 1822
Temminck's courser (Cursorius temminckii) is a sub-Saharan African wader bird in…
Cream-coloured Courser
Cursorius cursor (Latham, 1787)
Cream-coloured courser (Cursorius cursor) is a slender wader with distinct pluma…
Indian Courser
Cursorius coromandelicus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
Cursorius coromandelicus is a brighter South Asian courser living in dry open ha…
Oriental Pratincole
Glareola maldivarum J.R.Forster, 1795
Glareola maldivarum, the Oriental pratincole, is a migratory Asian pratincole wi…
Small Pratincole
Glareola lactea Temminck, 1820
Glareola lactea, the small pratincole, is a small insect-eating wading bird that…
Rock Pratincole
Glareola nuchalis G.R.Gray, 1849
Glareola nuchalis is the African rock pratincole, a small wading bird associated…
Collared Pratincole
Glareola pratincola (Linnaeus, 1766)
Glareola pratincola, the collared pratincole, is a migratory insect-eating bird …
Black-winged Pratincole
Glareola nordmanni Fischer von Waldheim, 1842
Glareola nordmanni, or black-winged pratincole, is a migratory insect-eating bir…
Australian Pratincole
Stiltia isabella (Vieillot, 1816)
Stiltia isabella, the Australian pratincole, is a slender medium shorebird nativ…
Three-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus cinctus (Heuglin, 1863)
Rhinoptilus cinctus, the three-banded or Heuglin's courser, is a Glareolidae bir…
Bronze-winged Courser
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus (Temminck, 1824)
The bronze-winged courser (Rhinoptilus chalcopterus) is the largest courser, a m…
Double-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus africanus (Temminck, 1807)
Rhinoptilus africanus, the double-banded courser, is a widespread bird found acr…
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 1758
Charadrius vociferus (killdeer) is a distinctive two-banded North American plove…
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus Ord, 1824
Piping plover (Charadrius melodus) is a small North American shorebird, discusse…
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758
Common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) is a small migratory shorebird with …
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte, 1825
Charadrius semipalmatus is a small migratory plover that breeds in northern Nort…
River Lapwing
Vanellus duvaucelii (R.Lesson, 1826)
Vanellus duvaucelii, the river lapwing, is a 29–32 cm long bird with distinct pl…
White-crowned Lapwing
Vanellus albiceps Gould, 1834
Vanellus albiceps is an easily identifiable lapwing with distinct plumage and co…
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vanellus vanellus, the northern lapwing, is a crested black-and-white lapwing wi…
Sociable Lapwing
Vanellus gregarius (Pallas, 1771)
Vanellus gregarius, the sociable lapwing, is a medium-sized migratory lapwing th…
White-tailed Lapwing
Vanellus leucurus (M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823)
Vanellus leucurus, the white-tailed lapwing, is a long-legged migratory or resid…
Senegal Lapwing
Vanellus lugubris (R.Lesson, 1826)
Vanellus lugubris, the Senegal or lesser black-winged lapwing, is a Charadriidae…
Long-toed Lapwing
Vanellus crassirostris (Hartlaub, 1855)
Vanellus crassirostris, the long-toed lapwing, is a lapwing species native to ce…
