Cursorius temminckii temminckii (TemminckÌs Courser)

Common Names

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Common Names in Afrikaans:

Trekdrawwertjie

Common Names in English:

Temminck's Courser, TemminckÌs Courser

Common Names in Finnish:

Pikkuaavikkojuoksija

Common Names in French:

Courvite De Temminck

Common Names in German:

Temminckrennvogel

Description

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Family Glareolidae

A family of wading birds. Coursers have long legs , short wings and long pointed bills which curve downwards. Pratincoles have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Aves () - Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
        Subclass: Neornithes () - Gadow, 1893
        Infraclass: Neoaves ()
        Superorder: Passerimorphae ()
        Order: Ciconiiformes () - Bonaparte, 1854 - Albatrosses, Alcids
        Suborder: Charadrii () - Huxley, 1867
        Infraorder: Charadriides () - �
        Parvorder: Charadriida ()
        Superfamily: Laroidea () - Vigors, 1825
        Family: Glareolidae () - Coursers, Pratincoles
        Subfamily: Glareolinae ()
        Genus: Cursorius () - Latham, 1790
        Specific name: temminckii
        Subspecies: temminckii
        Scientific name: - Cursorius temminckii temminckii

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Cursorius

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 27 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. africanus · C. bicinotus · C. bisignatus · C. bitorquatus (Jerdon's Courser) · C. chalcopterus · C. cinctus · C. coromandelicus (Indian Courser) · C. cursor (Cream-Coloured Courser) · C. cursor bannermani · C. cursor bogolubovi · C. cursor cursor (Cream-Coloured Courser) · C. cursor exsul · C. cursor somalensis · C. gallicus · C. gallicus littoralis · C. gallicus somalensis · C. gracilis · C. rufus (BurchellÌs Courser) · C. senegalensis · C. somalensis · C. somalensis littoralis · C. somalensis somalensis · C. superciliaris · C. temmincki · C. temminckii (TemminckÌs Courser) · C. temminckii damarensis · C. temminckii temminckii (TemminckÌs Courser)

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Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed October 27, 2006. http://www.gbif.org

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3851238
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 814239