Double-banded Courser

Taxonomy

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Glareolidae

Genus

Smutsornis

eBird Code

dobcou2

Subspecies (8)

• Smutsornis africanus africanus

  Namibia (except northwest), western and southern Botswana, and northwestern South Africa (northern Northern Cape)

• Smutsornis africanus bisignatus

  southwestern Angola

• Smutsornis africanus erlangeri

  northwestern Namibia (Etosha region)

• Smutsornis africanus gracilis

  Kenya and Tanzania

• Smutsornis africanus granti

  western Cape Province and Karoo of South Africa

• Smutsornis africanus hartingi

  southeastern Ethiopia (Ogaden Depression) and Somalia

• Smutsornis africanus raffertyi

  Eritrea to Ethiopia and Djibouti

• Smutsornis africanus traylori

  northwestern Botswana (Makgadikgadi system) and western Zimbabwe