Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Bronsvlerkdrawwertjie
Common Names in Dutch:
Bronsvleugelrenvogel
Common Names in English:
Bronze-Winged Courser, Bronzewinged Courser, Violet Tipped Courser, Violet-Tipped Courser
Common Names in French:
Courvite à Ailes Bronzées
Common Names in German:
Amethystrennvogel
Common Names in Latin:
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus chalcopterus,
Description
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
- 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:
Rhinoptilus
()
- Strickland, 1852
- Specific name:
chalcopterus
- Subspecies:
chalcopterus
- Scientific name: - Rhinoptilus chalcopterus chalcopterus (Temminck, 1824)
- Subspecies:
chalcopterus
- Specific name:
chalcopterus
- Genus:
Rhinoptilus
(
- Subfamily:
Glareolinae
(
- Family:
Glareolidae
(
- Superfamily:
Laroidea
(
- Parvorder:
Charadriida
(
- Infraorder:
Charadriides
(
- Suborder:
Charadrii
(
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Rhinoptilus chalcopterus (Temminck) 1824
Similar Species
Members of the genus Rhinoptilus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 24 species and subspecies in this genus:
R. africanus (Double-Banded Courser) · R. africanus africanus (Double-Banded Courser) · R. africanus bisignatus (Angola Double-Banded Courser) · R. africanus erlangeri · R. africanus gracilis (Masai Double-Banded Courser) · R. africanus granti (Deelfontein Double-Banded Courser) · R. africanus hartingi (Somali Double-Banded Courser) · R. africanus illustris · R. africanus raffertyi · R. africanus sharpei · R. africanus traylori · R. albofasciatus · R. bitorquatus (Double-Banded Courser) · R. chalcopterus (Bronze-Winged Courser) · R. chalcopterus albofasciatus · R. chalcopterus chalcopterus (Violet-Tipped Courser) · R. chalcopterus obscurus · R. cinctus (Three-Banded Courser) · R. cinctus balsaci · R. cinctus cinctus (Three-Banded Courser) · R. cinctus emini (Emin's Courser) · R. cinctus mayaudi · R. cinctus seebohmi (Seebohm's Courser) · R. seebohmi
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Further Reading
- Heuglin, Theodor von (1869a): Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika´s der Nilquellen und Küsten-Gebiete des Rothen Meeres und des nördlichen Somal-Landes, vol. 1, Fischer, Theodor
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 4, 2006.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3851233
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 859038
