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Common Name

Double Banded Courser

Alternate Names

Two banded courser

Common Type

Courser

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Glareolidae

Genus

Smutsomis

Species

africanus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Double Banded Courser Angola, Double Banded Courser Tanzania

Number of Sub-Species

Eight Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Flat, stony or gravelly semit desert terrains with tufty grass or thorny scrub.

Distribution and Range

Ethiopia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania

Food

Runs after ants, termites and beetles and jabs them with its bill.

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