Three-banded courser
Rhinoptilus cinctus (Heuglin, 1863)
The three-banded courser (Rhinoptilus cinctus) is a species in the family Glareolidae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 105 g to 125 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the three-banded courser
- Weight
- 105 g – 125 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the three-banded courser live?
Not recorded
What is the three-banded courser?
The three-banded courser or Heuglin's 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.
From the Wikipedia article “Three-banded courser” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Three-banded_courser&oldid=1323619391), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the three-banded courser endangered?
The three-banded courser is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the three-banded courser classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderCharadriiformes
- familyGlareolidae
- genusRhinoptilus
- SpeciesRhinoptilus cinctus (Heuglin, 1863)
Synonyms Cursorius cinctus
Other names and names in other languages (31)
- Heuglin's courserEnglish
- TBCOEnglish
- DriebanddrawwertjieAfrikaans
- corredor de tres bandesCatalan
- běhulík páskovanýCzech
- rhedwr gwregysogWelsh
- Mangebåndet ØrkenløberDanish
- BindenrennvogelGerman
- tristria kuruloEsperanto
- Corredor escamoso grandeSpanish
- võsajooksurEstonian
- hautaajaviippaFinnish
- Courvite à triple collierFrench
- prugasta trkalicaCroatian
- galléros futómadárHungarian
- Corrione trebandeItalian
- ウロコクビワスナバシリJapanese
- tridryžis ilgakojis bėgūnėlisLithuanian
- DriebandrenvogelDutch
- fagerløperNorwegian
- nocobieg ozdobnyPolish
- corredor-de-três-golasPortuguese
- corredeira-de-três-golasPortuguese
- Трёхполосый бегунокRussian
- behavec trojpásySlovak
- Trkalica sa tri trakeSerbian
- trebandad ökenlöpareSwedish
- Üç Kuşaklı ÇalıkoşarıTurkish
- бігунець плямистоволийUkrainian
- 三紋走鴴Chinese
- 栗颈走鸻Chinese
Relatives of the three-banded courser
Other species in the same genus Rhinoptilus.
Jerdon's courser
Rhinoptilus bitorquatus
Double-banded courser
Rhinoptilus africanus
Bronze-winged courser
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
CompareThree-banded courser vs Jerdon's courserThree-banded courser vs Double-banded courserThree-banded courser vs Bronze-winged courser
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the three-banded courser?
An adult three-banded courser weighs 105 g – 125 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the three-banded courser endangered?
The three-banded courser is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the three-banded courser?
The three-banded courser (Rhinoptilus cinctus) belongs to the family Glareolidae in the order Charadriiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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