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Rhinoptilus cinctus (Heuglin, 1863) is a animal in the Glareolidae family, order Charadriiformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Rhinoptilus cinctus (Heuglin, 1863) (Rhinoptilus cinctus (Heuglin, 1863))
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Rhinoptilus cinctus (Heuglin, 1863)

Rhinoptilus cinctus (Heuglin, 1863)

Rhinoptilus cinctus, the three-banded or Heuglin's courser, is a Glareolidae bird found across multiple countries in Africa.

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Family
Genus
Rhinoptilus
Order
Charadriiformes
Class
Aves

About Rhinoptilus cinctus (Heuglin, 1863)

Taxonomic Naming

The three-banded courser, also known as Heuglin's courser, has the scientific name Rhinoptilus cinctus (Heuglin, 1863).

Family Classification

It is a bird species that belongs to the Glareolidae family.

Geographic Distribution

This species occurs in Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Photo: (c) Markus Lilje, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Markus Lilje · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Aves Charadriiformes Glareolidae Rhinoptilus

More from Glareolidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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