Cream-colored courser

Cream-colored courser
Adult bird photographed in Egypt
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Glareolidae
Genus: Cursorius
Species:
C. cursor
Binomial name
Cursorius cursor
(Latham, 1787)
Range of C. cursor
  Breeding
  Resident
  Non-breeding
  Passage
  Probably extinct
  Possibly Extant (resident)
  Possibly Extant (non-breeding)
Adult bird photographed in Dibba, United Arab Emirates
Eggs collected from Tunisia, in the collection of the Muséum de Toulouse

The cream-colored courser (Cursorius cursor) is a species of wader in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae. Both parts of the scientific name derive from Latin cursor, "runner", from currere, "to run"[2] which describes their usual habit as they hunt their insect prey on the ground in dry open semi-desert regions of the Middle East and northern Africa.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2019) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Cursorius cursor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22735845A155429274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22735845A155429274.en. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  2. ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.