Bronze-winged courser
The bronze-winged courser or violet-tipped courser (Rhinoptilus chalcopterus) is a species of bird in the family Glareolidae. It is found throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Glareolidae |
Genus: | Rhinoptilus |
Species: | R. chalcopterus |
Binomial name | |
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus (Temminck, 1824) | |
External links
- Bronze-winged courser - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Rhinoptilus chalcopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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