Somali Courser - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by Steve G
Buffalo Springs NP, Kenya, July, 2010

Identification

Eastern Africa, from Eritrea south to northern Kenya.

Photo by megan perkins
Tsavo East, Kenya, April 2006

Formerly considered conspecific with Cream-coloured Courser^[1], or by some authors, with Burchell's Courser^[2].

Two subspecies are accepted^[3]:

Semi-arid grassland.

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BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Somali Courser. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Somali_Courser