Temminck's Courser

Cursorius temminckii Swainson, 1822

Temminck's Courser, Cursorius temminckii, is a bird of the Glareolidae family found across tropical to subtropical savanna in sub-Saharan Africa, from southern Mauritania east to Eritrea and western Somalia, and south to northern South Africa. It is a wader, and it is known for placing its dark ash-black eggs among burnt bushes and grass on the African savannah. The species was described by Swainson in 1822, and its name honours the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Glareolidae — Coursers, Pratincoles

Breeding range

Africa: tropical to subtropical savanna of Sub-Saharan Africa: s Mauritania e to Eritrea and w Somalia, s to n South Africa