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Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Rhinoptilus
Species:	cinctus

The three-banded courser (Rhinoptilus cinctus) is a species of bird in the family Glareolidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Subspecies

There are five subspecies of three-banded courser:

R. c. mayaudi, (Érard, Hemery & Pasquet, 1993): Ethiopia & northern Somalia
R. c. balsaci, (Érard, Hemery & Pasquet, 1993): southern Somalia & northeast Kenya
R. c. cinctus, (Heuglin, 1863): southeast South Sudan & northwest Kenya
R. c. emini, (Zedlitz, 1914): southern Kenya, Tanzania & northern Zambia
R. c. seeboehmi, (Sharpe, 1893): southern Angola & northern Namibia to Zimbabwe & northern South Africa

Gallery

R. c. emini, Lake Baringo, Kenya
female (left) and male (right)
Lake Baringo, Kenya
R. c. seeboehmi
Matetsi Safari Area, Zimbabwe
Nominate (right) and seeboehmi (left)

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