Temminck's courser explained

Temminck's courser (Cursorius temminckii) is a bird in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae. It is a wader which lives in sub-Saharan Africa. It is noted for laying its dark ash-black eggs in the burnt bushes and grass of the African savannah.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Subspecies

There are three subspecies of Temminck's courser:^[4]

• • C. t. temminckii, (Swainson, 1822): Senegal to Ethiopia, Kenya and northern Tanzania C. t. ruvanensis, (Madarász, 1915): southern Tanzania to Angola, Mozambique & northeast South Africa
• C. t. aridus, (Clancey, 1989): northern Namibia to western Zimbabwe

This bird's common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.^[5]

References

• Temminck's courser - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.

Notes and References

1. Book: Johann Georg Goldammer. Cornelis De Ronde. Wildland Fire Management Handbook for Sub-Sahara Africa. 2004. African Minds. 978-1-919833-65-1. 82–.
2. Book: Frost. P. G. H.. Ecological Effects of Fire in South African Ecosystems. The Responses and Survival of Organisms in Fire-Prone Environments. Ecological Studies. 48. 1984. 273–309. 0070-8356. 10.1007/978-3-642-69805-7_13. 978-3-642-69807-1.
3. Engelbrecht. G.D.. First record of the fledging period of Temminck's Courser,Cursorius temminckii. Ostrich. 72. 1–2. 2001. 117–118. 0030-6525. 10.2989/00306520109485296. 2001Ostri..72..117E . 88119355.
4. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2019 . Sandpipers, snipes, coursers . World Bird List Version 9.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 25 June 2019 .
5. Book: Beolens, Bo. Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. 2003. Christopher Helm. London. 335–336. Watkins, Michael .