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Like the pratincoles, the coursers are found in warmer parts of the Old World. They hunt insects by running.
Their 2–3 eggs are laid on the ground.
Taxonomy
Although traditionally thought to be waders, particularly closely related to plovers, genetic studies now classify the coursers and pratincoles in the suborder Lari, more closely related to gulls and terns, and closest of all to the crab-plover.
Species
Nine species in three genera are accepted:
- Genus Cursorius
- Indian courser Cursorius coromandelicus
- Temminck's courser Cursorius temminckii
- Burchell's courser Cursorius rufus
- Cream-coloured courser Cursorius cursor
- Somali courser Cursorius somalensis
- Genus Rhinoptilus
- Bronze-winged courser or violet-tipped courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Three-banded courser or Heuglin's courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Jerdon's courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus
- Genus Smutsornis (monotypic genus)
- Double-banded courser or two-banded courser Smutsornis africanus (syn. Rhinoptilus africanus)
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