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Temminck's courser
Species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Temminck's courser (Cursorius temminckii) is a bird in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae. It is a wader which lives in sub-Saharan Africa. It is noted for laying its dark ash-black eggs in the burnt bushes and grass of the African savannah.[2][3][4]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Glareolidae |
Genus: | Cursorius |
Species: | C. temminckii |
Binomial name | |
Cursorius temminckii Swainson, 1822 | |
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