Nombres de las Especies Disponible en otros Lenguajes
| Idioma | Nombre Común |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Trekdrawwertjie |
| Bulgarian | Червеногръд бегач |
| Catalan | corredor de Temminck |
| Croatian | riđokapa trkalica |
| Czech | běhulík černobřichý |
| Dutch | Temmincks renvogel |
| English | Temminck's Courser |
| English (AVI) | Temminck's Courser |
| English (United States) | Temminck's Courser |
| Estonian | kõnnujooksur |
| Finnish | pikkuaavikkojuoksija |
| French | Courvite de Temminck |
| French (Canada) | Courvite de Temminck |
| German | Temminckrennvogel |
| Hungarian | Temminck-futómadár |
| Icelandic | Sléttulápa |
| Japanese | アフリカスナバシリ |
| Norwegian | savanneløper |
| Polish | rączak mały |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Corredor de Temminck |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Corredeira-de-temminck |
| Russian | Саванный бегунок |
| Serbian | Teminkova trkalica |
| Slovak | behavec čiapočkatý |
| Slovenian | Mali puščavski tekalec |
| Spanish | Corredor Etiópico |
| Spanish (Spain) | Corredor etiópico |
| Swedish | savannökenlöpare |
| Turkish | Maskeli Çölkoşarı |
| Ukrainian | Бігунець малий |
| Zulu | unobulongwana |
Notas de revisión
Este relato forma parte de la 8ª edición de Roberts Birds of Southern Africa. Se trata de una colaboración conjunta entre el John Voelcker Bird Book Fund y el Cornell Lab of Ornithology. G. Derek Engelbrecht ha revisado el relato y ha comisariado los medios.
Cursorius temminckii Swainson, 1822
Definitions
- CURSORIUS
- temmincki / temminckiana / temminckii / temminkii
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Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii Scientific name definitions
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Adult.
Temminck's Courser (Cursorius temminckii).
Similar species: Cream-colored Courser (Cursorius cursor).
Note the overall pale sandy plumage and a plain belly lacking any strong contrast.
Similar species: Cream-colored Courser (Cursorius cursor).
Note the blue-gray nape.
Temminck's Courser (Cursorius temminckii).
Similar species: Burchell's Courser (Cursorius rufus).
Burchell's Courser has a blue-gray hind crown; Temminck’s Courser has rufous hind crown.
Similar species: Burchell's Courser (Cursorius rufus).
Burchell's Courser has conspicuously white-tipped to secondaries.
Similar species: Somali Courser (Cursorius somalensis).
Note the long bill and blue-gray nape.
Similar species: Somali Courser (Cursorius somalensis).
Note the long bill, blue-gray nape, and plain underparts.
Juvenile.
Note the broad white neck collar and the bare neck.
A 2-day-old chick.
Lateral view of a 19-day-old chick.
Note the shredded effect created by the frayed tips of the dorsal contour feathers.
A 20-day-old juvenile in the hand,
Dorsal plumage and spread wing showing the black remiges with narrow rufous fringing at their distal tips.
Lateral view.
Frontal view.
View of the dorsal plumage.
Ventral view of an immature bird.
The feathers of the black belly patch have buff fringes.
The spread wing of an immature showing the short most distal secondary (S1).
Immature bird.
Note the retained juvenile feathers on the scapulars and wing coverts.
Immature.
Note the residual juvenile feathers.
Immature.
Note the residual juvenile feathers.
Immature bird.
Note the last residual juvenile feathers.
Crown of an adult.
The hind crown of an adult.
Note the "V" shape created by the white supercilium and the black eyestripe.
Head profile of an adult.
Note the dusky patch in front of the eye, the white supercilium and black eyestripe, and rufous crown. The partial ruff of scraggly feathers on the lower neck is erected and clearly visible here.
Adult in flight.
Note the black belly patch.
The spread wing of an adult.
Note that the most distal secondary (s1) is the same length as the rest of the secondaries.
Adult in flight.
A 14-day-old chick in the early stages of its Prejuvenile Molt.
Undergoing Preformativve Molt.
Preformative Molt has been recorded in March in South Africa and March (as here), November in Rwanda, and December in Tanzania.
Undergoing Preformativve Molt.
Preformative Molt has been recorded in March in South Africa and March, November in Rwanda (as here), and December in Tanzania.
Preformative Molt.
This individual appears to show two generations of post-juvenile coverts.
A juvenile at the beginning of its Preformative Molt.
The first adult contour feathers can be seen in this individual.
Temminck's Courser first wing molt during the Preformative Molt (subspecies ruvanensis).
Spread wing of an adult showing what appears to be three generations of primaries.
The three outer primaries (pp8–10) are the oldest (first generation), pp1–5 represent a second generation of feathers where molt was probably suspended after p5, and pp6–7 (third generation) are still growing.
Adult with the typical silvery white legs.
Adult with yellowish legs.
Juvenile with dusk gray legs.
Lateral view (subspecies temminckii).
Dorsal view (subspecies temminckii).
Frontal view (subspecies temminckii).
Lateral view (subspecies ruvanensis).
Frontal view (subspecies ruvanensis).
Dorsal view (subspecies ruvanensis).
Lateral view (subspecies aridus).
Dorsal view (subspecies aridus).
Lateral view (subspecies aridus).
Habitat: Clearings in open, semi-arid Vachellia thornscrub savanna.
Habitat: Recently burnt grassland.
Habitat: Seasonally inundated grassland on floodplains.
Habitat: Fallow fields.
Habitat: Tropical grasslands in scrub savanna.
Habitat: Clearings with short grass and lots of bare ground in thornbush savanna.
Habitat: Mopane (Colophospermum mopane) woodland and scrub savanna.
Habitat: Tropical grasslands on the edges of seasonal pans.
Habitat: Upland grassland.
An adult feeding on a northern harvester termite alate (Hodotermes mossambicus).
Temperature regulation.
This bird is employing several heat reduction strategies, including standing on an elevated object—a dung pile of an African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) in this instance—or raising the feathers on its crown and back, panting, and holding its wings slightly away from its body.
Nasal salt secretion.
Wing flapping forms part of the self-maintenance regime.
Preening.
Dust bathing.
Head scratching is direct.
The "plover's bow" display.
An incubating adult eyeing the sky for aerial threats.
An adult crouches low while keeping an eye out for an aerial threat. Crouching low may prevent an individual from casting a shadow and help it to escape detection.
Nest.
No nest is constructed, but attending parents often toss small objects towards the eggs during off-bouts. This eventually results in the formation of a faint outline of a nest towards the end of the incubation period.
Nest with two recently hatched chicks.
Although no nest is constructed per se, the parents toss objects towards the nest during the incubation period and, together with comfort movements of the incubating adults, a shallow scrape and the faint outlines of a nest may form towards the end of the incubation period. The two chicks in this image hatched a few hours earlier and are still in their nest, but the faint outline of the nest is visible in this image.
Nest.
Nests are usually placed amongst ungulate droppings in burnt grassland.
Nest.
A nest placed near ungulate droppings.
Nest.
A nest placed among animal droppings.
Nest.
Eggs.
Incubating adult.
In hot weather, the incubating adult will squat over the eggs, shading them rather than performing contact incubation. This individual also displays heat stress behavior: wings held away from the body, the feathers on the crown and back are raised, and the eyes are closed to slits.
Incubating adult in cold weather.
The "plover's bow".
Egg turning.
An adult removing an eggshell.
The two newly hatched chicks can be seen in the foreground of the image.
A parent attempting to remove the eggshell before the chick has hatched completely.
Hatchlings.
Two newly hatched chicks. The chick on the left hatched an hour earlier; the one on the right had just hatched.
Chick: 1 h 40 min after hatching.
Chick: 5 h 45 min after hatching.
Chick: 6 h 24 min after hatching.
Dorsal view of a hatchling.
Note the fringe of white, wispy plumes.
Chick: 3 days old.
The chick's downy plumage provides excellent camouflage in the burnt environment in which the species nests.
Chick: 11 day old.
Chick: 15 days old.
Chick: 15 days old.
Chick: 18 days old.
Chick: 21 days old.
Chick: 21 days old.
Camouflage.
The two chicks in this image are incredibly well-camouflaged in the charred environment they inhabit.
Brooding.
An adult brooding two chicks that had just hatched.
Feeding young.
A chick that has just hatched receives its first food item.
Feeding young.
Both parents feed the young.
An adult with a fledgling.
Macaulay Library Photos for Temminck's Courser
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