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Cream-colored courser – Cursorius cursor

Cream-colored courser – Cursorius cursor

is a 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 Asia and northern Africa. These coursers are found in Canary Islands, Cape Verde, North Africa and southwest Asia. Their two eggs are laid in a ground scrape. The breeding season extends from February to September, but they may breed also in autumn and winter when local conditions (especially rainfall) are favourable. They are partially migratory, with northern and northwestern birds wintering in India, Arabia and across the southern edge of the Sahara. Some birds also breed in the southern desert regions in northwestern India and Pakistan.

They are rare north of the breeding range, but this species has occurred as far away as Finland, Ireland and Great Britain.

It sounds like this
Recording by Tero Linjama from Xeno canto