Coursers and Pratincoles (Glareolidae)
Cream-colored Courser (Cursorius cursor) - HBW 3, p. 377
French: Courvite isabelle
German: Rennvogel
Spanish: Corredor Sahariano
Other common names: Desert Courser
Taxonomy: Charadrius cursor Latham, 1787, Kent, England.
Forms superspecies with C. rufus, C. temminckii and C. coromandelicus, although overlap in range of C. temminckii with present species and C. rufus indicates that C. temminckii and C. coromandelicus may represent a separate superspecies. Sometimes considered to include C. rufus. Smaller, darker races somalensis and littoralis of E Africa are more distinct and may actually belong to C. rufus. Some intergradation between races exsul, cursor and bogolubovi. Canary Is population sometimes racially di.. View all taxonomy...
Forms superspecies with C. rufus, C. temminckii and C. coromandelicus, although overlap in range of C. temminckii with present species and C. rufus indicates that C. temminckii and C. coromandelicus may represent a separate superspecies. Sometimes considered to include C. rufus. Smaller, darker races somalensis and littoralis of E Africa are more distinct and may actually belong to C. rufus. Some intergradation between races exsul, cursor and bogolubovi. Canary Is population sometimes racially distinguished as bannermani, but separation from cursor dependent on size alone and probably not significant; proposed races dahlakensis and meruensis nowadays included in races cursor and littoralis respectively. Five subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- bogolubovi Zarudny, 1885 - SE Turkey through E Iran to SW Afghanistan, S Pakistan and NW India.
- cursor (Latham, 1787) - Canary Is, N Africa, Arabian Peninsula and Socotra; winters S to Sahel, N Kenya and Saudi Arabia.
- exsul Hartert, 1920 - Cape Verde Is.
- bogolubovi Zarudny, 1885 - SE Turkey through E Iran to SW Afghanistan, S Pakistan and NW India.
- cursor (Latham, 1787) - Canary Is, N Africa, Arabian Peninsula and Socotra; winters S to Sahel, N Kenya and Saudi Arabia.
- exsul Hartert, 1920 - Cape Verde Is.
- somalensis Shelley, 1885 - Eritrea, E Ethiopia and Somalia.
- littoralis Erlanger, 1905 - extreme SE Sudan, through N Kenya to S Somalia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult feeding a downy chick and then both of them running Locality Erfoud, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco (ssp cursor)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2007 4 years ago 32 sec 4.7 -
A bird being alert, looking to the sky Locality Merzouga, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco (ssp cursor)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2007 4 years ago 36 sec 4.7 -
A bird standing and running in a hamada Locality Merzouga, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco (ssp cursor)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2007 4 years ago 27 sec 4 -
A bird with a downy chick performing a distraction display Locality Erfoud, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco (ssp cursor)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2007 4 years ago 29 sec 3.9 -
A bird feeding and running on a grassland. Locality Khoohdi (Khuri), Jaisalmer District, Rajasthan, India (ssp bogolubovi)
Josep del Hoyo 21 February 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 25 sec 3.8 -
Two birds and then three birds, running along the hamada Locality Merzouga, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco (ssp cursor)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2007 4 years ago 43 sec 3.8
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Juvenile showing wing
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 26 May 2011 36 weeks ago 4.7 -
Juvenile
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 26 May 2011 36 weeks ago 4.6 -
In Banni
Locality Kutch District, Gujarat, India
jugal Tiwari 29 November 2008 1 year ago 4.6 -
cream colored courser
Locality Qatar
sulqatar 1 year ago 4.6 -
Cream-colored Courser
Locality Qatar
sulqatar 35 weeks ago 4.5 -
Standing and calling
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 21 September 2009 1 year ago 4.5
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