Coursers, Pratincoles

Cream-colored Courser

Cursorius cursor

The Cream-colored Courser (Cursorius cursor) is a 138 g desert bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Coursers, Pratincoles

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

138 g

Habitat

Desert

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

35

Recorded in Spain, Israel, Morocco, United Arab Emirates, India, EH, Cabo Verde, Oman, Kuwait, Sweden, Netherlands, Egypt, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Algeria, United Kingdom, France, Mauritania, Kenya, Senegal, Cyprus, Palestine, Qatar, Jordan, Yemen, Pakistan, Iran, Syria, Greece, Somalia, Lebanon, Portugal, South Africa, Niger.

Where to see it: Palmyra · Ibis Protected Area (Syria); Oued Jenna (Western Sahara); Talila Reserve (Syria); Wadi Sassou (Libya); Gleb Jdiane (Western Sahara).

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