Cursorius temminckii Swainson, 1822 is a animal in the Glareolidae family, order Charadriiformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Cursorius temminckii Swainson, 1822
Temminck's courser (Cursorius temminckii) is a sub-Saharan African wader bird in the Glareolidae family noted for laying dark eggs in burnt African savannah vegetation.
Temminck's courser has the scientific name Cursorius temminckii Swainson, 1822. It is a bird species that belongs to Glareolidae, the family of pratincoles and coursers. It is a type of wader that inhabits sub-Saharan Africa. This species is well known for laying its dark ash-black eggs in the burnt bushes and grass of the African savannah.
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Glareola nordmanni Fischer von Waldheim, 1842
Rhinoptilus africanus (Temminck, 1807)
Glareola maldivarum J.R.Forster, 1795
Cursorius coromandelicus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
Glareola lactea Temminck, 1820
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus (Temminck, 1824)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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