Bronze-winged Courser
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyGlareolidae (Pratincoles and Coursers)
- GenusRhinoptilus (Short-billed Coursers)
- SpeciesRhinoptilus chalcopterus (Bronze-winged Courser)
Closest Relatives at Tarangire National Park
Double-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus africanus
Three-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus cinctus
Collared Pratincole
Glareola pratincola
Temminck's Courser
Cursorius temminckii
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Water Thick-knee
Burhinus vermiculatus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 2 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 5 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 6 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 8 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 9 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 10 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 12 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 13 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 14 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 15 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 16 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 17 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 18 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 19 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 20 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 21 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 22 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Bronze-winged Courser in Tarangire National Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a Bronze-winged Courser sighting in Tarangire National Park, based on 47 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Bronze-winged Courser in Tarangire National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Bronze-winged Courser in Tarangire National Park in our monthly data.