| Three-banded Courser | |
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| Information | |
| Range | Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. |
| Scientific Classification | |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Charadriiformes |
| Family | Glareolidae |
| Genus | Rhinoptilus |
| Species | Rhinoptilus cinctus |
| Conservation Status | |
 Least Concern | |
The Three-banded courser (Rhinoptilus cinctus), is a species of wader in the Glareolidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Subspecies[]
There are five subspecies of three-banded courser:
- Rhinoptilus cinctus balsaci (Érard, Hemery & Pasquet, 1993): southern Somalia & northeast Kenya
- Rhinoptilus cinctus mayaudi (Érard, Hemery & Pasquet, 1993): Ethiopia & northern Somalia
- Rhinoptilus cinctus cinctus (Heuglin, 1863): southeast South Sudan & northwest Kenya
- Rhinoptilus cinctus emini (Zedlitz, 1914): southern Kenya, Tanzania & northern Zambia
- Rhinoptilus cinctus seeboehmi (Sharpe, 1893): southern Angola & northern Namibia to Zimbabwe & northern South Africa