Temminck's Courser

When to see the Temminck's Courser

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Temminck's Courser

The map shades 26 countries with regular records, and 5 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Côte d’Ivoire, Eritrea, Guinea, South Sudan, Togo.

About the Temminck's Courser

Temminck's courser is a bird in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae. It is a wader which lives in sub-Saharan Africa. It is noted for laying its dark ash-black eggs in the burnt bushes and grass of the African savannah.

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Easily confused with

Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursorCream-coloured coursers are variously cited as 19–21 cm, 21–24 cm, or 24–27 cm long; the wingspan is 51–57 cm. Indian CourserCursorius coromandelicusThis courser is widespread in South Asia and overlaps with some other species such as the similar looking cream-coloured courser. Burchell's CourserCursorius rufusBurchell's courser has a graceful figure and an upright posture.