Temminck's Courser
Cursorius temminckii
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyGlareolidae (Pratincoles and Coursers)
- GenusCursorius (Typical Coursers)
- SpeciesCursorius temminckii (Temminck's Courser)
Closest Relatives at Tarangire National Park
Double-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus africanus
Three-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus cinctus
Collared Pratincole
Glareola pratincola
Bronze-winged Courser
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
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 during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · 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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Temminck's Courser in Tarangire National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Temminck's Courser sighting in Tarangire National Park, based on 16 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Temminck's Courser in Tarangire National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Temminck's Courser in Tarangire National Park in our monthly data.