Double-banded Courser

Coursers / Doublebanded Courser

Rhinoptilus africanus

As its name suggests, this fairly common resident of semi arid and desert plains is distinguished by means of its 2 narrow, black breastbands.

We first saw this species in June 2012 while birding the Karoo National Park near Beeufort West, South Africa. This started a flood of sightings as we continued our trip into Namibia, and located the coursers at Sossusvlei and Etosha.


Doublebanded Courser (Sharpei) / Etosha, Northern Namibia / 17 July 2012 Doublebanded Courser (Sharpei) / Etosha, Northern Namibia / 17 July 2012 Doublebanded Courser (Sharpei) / Etosha, Northern Namibia / 17 July 2012 Double-banded Courser / Sossusvlei, Southern Namibia / 09 July 2012 Doublebanded Courser (Sharpei) / Etosha, Northern Namibia / 17 July 2012 Doublebanded Courser (Sharpei) / Etosha, Northern Namibia / 17 July 2012 Doublebanded Courser (Sharpei) / Etosha, Northern Namibia / 17 July 2012 Doublebanded Courser (Africanus) / Karoo National Park, South Africa / 01 July 2012 Double-banded Courser / Sossusvlei, Southern Namibia / 09 July 2012
loading..