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Temminck's Courser
Trekdrawwertjie · Cursorius temminckii
A small, sandy-rufous ground bird that runs in fast spurts then freezes upright. It has a chestnut crown, a dark line through the eye and a black-and-chestnut belly patch. It is drawn to short grass and recently burnt veld, where it dashes after insects on long pale legs and nests on the bare earth.
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A small, upright rufous courser with a chestnut cap and belly-patch and a black eye-stripe, running on open burnt ground.
Where to see it in Kruger
Favours short, open and recently burnt grassland, where it runs and stops in quick dashes.
Did you know
It loves freshly burnt grassland and seems to appear from nowhere on the blackened ground after a fire.
Often confused with
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