Temminck's Courser

Cursorius temminckii

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Glareolidae
Genus
Cursorius
eBird Code
temcou1

Subspecies (3)

  • Cursorius temminckii aridus

    northern Namibia and Botswana to western Zimbabwe

  • Cursorius temminckii ruvanensis

    southern and eastern Gabon eastward to Tanzania, southward to Angola, Mozambique, and northeastern South Africa

  • Cursorius temminckii temminckii

    southern Mauritania and Senegal eastward to Chad, also discontinuously in southern South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.