Cheruku
Cheruku kaskazi
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Ngeli: Aves (Ndege) Oda: Charadriiformes (Ndege kamavitwitwi) Familia: Glareolidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba nabwabwaja)
Ngazi za chini
Jenasi 3: CursoriusLatham, 1790 PluvianusVieillot, 1816 RhinoptilusStrickland, 1852

Cheruku nindege wajenasi mbalimbali katikafamiliaGlareolidae. Ndege hawa wanaweza kukimbia sana. Wanatokea mahali pakavu kama nyika aujangwa. Hulanzige nawadudu wengine na huyatagamayai mchangani.Cheruku-mamba huonekana karibu namito na hutaga mayai yake kwa mafungu ya mchanga mtoni. Huainishwa na wataalamu wengine katika familiaPluvianidae.Spishi hii hula wadudu lakini pia hutoa nyama kwa kati ya meno yamamba.

• Cursorius cursor,Cheruku Kaskazi (Cream-coloured Courser)
• Cursorius rufus,Cheruku wa Burchell (Burchell's Courser)
• Cursorius somalensis,Cheruku Somali (Somali Courser)
• Cursorius temminckii,Cheruku Utosi-mwekundu (Temminck's Courser)
• Pluvianus aegyptius,Cheruku-mamba (Egyptian Plover au Crocodile Bird)
• Rhinoptilus africanus,Cheruku Mikufu-miwili (Double-banded Courser)
• Rhinoptilus chalcopterus,Cheruku Mabawa-shaba (Bronze-winged Courser)
• Rhinoptilus cinctus,Cheruku Mikufu-mitatu (Three-banded Courser)

• Cursorius coromandelicus (Indian Courser)
• Rhinoptilus bitorquatus (Jerdon's Courser)

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  Cheruku wa Burchell
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  Cheruku utosi-mwekundu
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  Cheruku-mamba
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  Cheruku mikufu-miwili
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  Cheruku mikufu-mitatu

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  Indian courser

• Biolojia
• Vitwitwi na jamaa