Bronze-winged courser

Bronze-winged courser
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Charadriiformes
Family:Glareolidae
Genus:Rhinoptilus
Species: R. chalcopterus
Binomial name
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
(Temminck, 1824)

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.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Rhinoptilus chalcopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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