Cream-colored Courser
Cursorius cursor
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Coursers and Pratincoles (Glareolidae)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Overview
The cream-coloured 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" 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.
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Range and habitat
Countries
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Burkina Faso
- Cape Verde
- Chad
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Germany
- Greece
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Syria
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- United Arab Emirates
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Cream-coloured courser
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
