Cursorius temminckii
Temminck’s Courser inhabits open savannas with a covering of short grass, favouring recently burned or overgrazed areas as well as recently ploughed fields, where it is easy to capture their insect prey. These are the smallest species of courser in Africa, with a wingspan of 42cm, length of around 20cm, and a weight of about 70g.
Temminck’s Coursers are diurnal and usually seen in small, loosely associated flocks of around 12, though up to 40 in a group have been recorded. They breed almost throughout the year with a distinct peak in spring. Pairs are monogamous and both parents incubate the clutch of two eggs which is simply laid on the bare ground. Chicks are precocious and start moving around with their parents hours after hatching, and able to fly by the time they’re 3 weeks old.
The IUCN considers Temminck’s Courser to be of Least Concern, and it is found in two large parts of Africa – one in West Africa south of the Sahara and the other from Ethiopia southwards to Angola and South Africa. In our country they can be encountered mainly in the central and northern provinces – Free State, North West, Gauteng, northern Kwazulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo.
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Dis darem oulike voëltjies…pragtige foto’s!
Baie dankie Dina!
Very beautiful bird! It look very curious or maybe it’s alert for dangers?
Definitely the latter, John. They rely on their camouflage to stay safe, and when they realise they’ve been noticed quickly run off.
As I said before, patience is the nature.!😁 I love the nature, if I have born in your place, I have been out every day!!😊 Lucky you Dries, but all countries have the especially, but South Africa is very specially. Share with you to Sweden!😁😁😁😁 We have wetlands here and Crocodiles can stand cold….😁
Your country has many beautiful natural features I’d love to see with my own eyes, John!
Thanks Dries!😊 The nature is beautiful but I had wished we had more kinds of animals.
Are there any National Parks in Sweden where the wildlife still roam as they did before humans transformed their world, John? Things like bears, wolves, deer, wisent, etc? And are those places easy to get to, stay over and explore?
Yes, We have one only 70 km from where live with Vincents! But every time I want to go there no one else have time. You must be at least 2 persons so you can shift driver and take pics.
One day when we make it to Sweden we’ll go with you! 😀
Had be very fun!😊
Watter pragtige ou voëltjie!
Hulle is beslis, maar mens kyk hulle maklik mis
This one is a delicate, beautiful looking bird😍 I wonder if we have this bird here. Thanks for sharing another stunner 😊👌
Glad we could introduce you!
Haai oom… is dit ‘n dikkop? 😉
Nee, dis n drawwertjie – hulle is sommer baie kleiner as die dikkoppe.
Another lovely bird!
They certainly are, thanks Deb!
Very pretty and perky looking little bird!
And actually they are very well camouflaged – if they don’t move it is easy to miss them while driving past!