Coursers, Lapwings, Plovers, Pratincoles &
Thick-knees
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Order: Charadriiformes (non waders)
Website built Nov 2018
Website built Nov 2018
Birds Of Southern Africa
Courser
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Suborder: Lari / Family: Glareolidae
Bronze-winged Courser
(Rhinoptilus chalcopterus)
Burchell's Courser
(Cursorius rufus)
Double-banded Courser
(Rhinoptilus africanus)
Temminck's Courser
(Cursorius temminckii)
Lapwing -
Suborder: Charadrii / Family: Charadriidae
African Wattled Lapwing
(Vanellus senegallus)
Blacksmith Lapwing
(Vanellus armatus)
Black-winged Lapwing
(Vanellus melanopterus)
Crowned Lapwing
(Vanellus coronatus)
Senegal Lapwing
(Vanellus lugubris)
White-crowned Lapwing
(Vanellus albiceps)
Plover -
Suborder: Charadrii / Family: Charadriidae
Caspian Plover
(Charadrius asiaticus)
Chestnut-banded Plover
(Charadrius pallidus)
Common Ringed Plover
(Charadrius hiaticula)
Greater Sand Plover
(Charadrius leschenaultii)
Grey Plover
(Pluvialis squatarola)
Kittlitz's Plover
(Charadrius pecuarius)
Lesser Sand Plover
(Charadrius mongolus)
Three-banded Plover
(Charadrius tricollaris)
White-fronted Plover
(Charadrius marginatus)
Pratincole -
Suborder: Lari / Family: Glareolidae
Black-winged Pratincole
(Glareola nordmanni)
Collared Pratincole
(Glareola pratincola)
Thick-knee (Dikkop) -
Suborder: Chionidi / Family: Burhihidae
Spotted Thick-knee (Spotted Dikkop)
(Burhinus capensis)
Water Thick-knee (Water Dikkop)
(Burhinus vermiculatus)
