Jerdon's courser

Jerdon's courser
Camera trap photograph
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Glareolidae
Genus: Rhinoptilus
Species:
R. bitorquatus
Binomial name
Rhinoptilus bitorquatus
(Blyth, 1848) [2]
Specimen records in grey and current distribution in red.
Synonyms

Cursorius bitorquatus
Macrotarsius bitorquatus

Jerdon's courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus) is a nocturnal bird belonging to the pratincole and courser family Glareolidae endemic to India. The bird was discovered by the surgeon-naturalist Thomas C. Jerdon in 1848 but not seen again until its rediscovery in 1986.[3] This courser is a restricted-range endemic found locally in India in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh. It is currently known only from the Sri Lankamalleswara Wildlife Sanctuary, where it inhabits sparse scrub forest with patches of bare ground.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Rhinoptilus bitorquatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22694103A117189206. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22694103A117189206.en.
  2. ^ Blyth, J. A. S., XVII:254
  3. ^ Bhushan, B (1986). "Rediscovery of the Jerdon's Courser Cursorius bitorquatus". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 83: 1–14.