Rhinoptilus
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Through Bird, Africa and South Asia
Species in the genus have earlier been placed under other genus names including Macrotarsius (Blyth), Chalcopterus (Reich.) and Hemerodromus (Heuglin). Some characteristics of this largely African genus include a bill that is shorter and stouter than in Cursorius, the orbits are feathered and the 2nd and 3rd primaries nearly equal and the longest. The tarsus is long and scutellate, the feet are short and the outer toe is joined by partial webbing.
Their 2–3 eggs are laid on the ground.
Species in taxonomic order
- Three-banded courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Bronze-winged courser or Violet-tipped courser, Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Jerdon's courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus
- Double-banded courser, Rhinoptilus africanus
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Monotypic taxonTaxonomic group with only one subordinate taxonSpecies descriptionFormal description of a discovered speciesParaphylyType of taxonomic groupIUCN Red ListInventory of the global conservation status of biological speciesSubtropicsGeographic and climate zoneCommon nameName generally used for a taxon, group of taxa or organism(s)