Three-banded Courser

Rhinoptilus cinctus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Glareolidae
Genus
Rhinoptilus
eBird Code
thbcou1

Subspecies (5)

  • Rhinoptilus cinctus balsaci

    southern Somalia and northeastern Kenya

  • Rhinoptilus cinctus cinctus

    southeastern South Sudan, northwestern and eastern Kenya, and northeastern Tanzania

  • Rhinoptilus cinctus emini

    southern Kenya to Tanzania and northern Zambia

  • Rhinoptilus cinctus mayaudi

    Ethiopia and northern Somalia

  • Rhinoptilus cinctus seebohmi

    southern Angola and northern Namibia to Zimbabwe and northern South Africa

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.