Species profile
Burchell's Courser
Cursorius rufus
Quick answer
Semi-deserts of sw Angola to Namibia, Botswana and S Africa
- Scientific name
- Cursorius rufus
- Family
- Glareolidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Cursorius
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Burchell's Courser in your journal
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Related species in Glareolidae
- Australian Pratincole (Stiltia isabella)
- Becassius charadriioides (Becassius charadriioides)
- Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)
- Boutersemia belgica (Boutersemia belgica)
- Boutersemia parvula (Boutersemia parvula)
- Bronze-winged Courser (Rhinoptilus chalcopterus)
- Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
- Courvite isabelle (Cursorius cursor)