Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Charadriiformes > Glareolidae > Cursorius > Cursorius cursorCursorius cursor (Cream-colored Courser)Synonyms: Charadrius cursor (homotypic); Chardarius cursor; Cursorius europaeus; Cursorius gallicus The cream-coloured 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". Unlike most waders, these are birds of dry open country, preferably semi-desert, where they typically hunt their insect prey by running on the ground. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 7.8681 EDGE Score: 2.18246 |
Adult Weight [1] | 130 grams | Birth Weight [2] | 13.9 grams | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 90 % | Diet - Seeds [3] | 10 % | Forages - Ground [3] | 100 % | | Female Maturity [1] | 0 years 12 months | | Clutch Size [5] | 2 | Clutches / Year [1] | 2 | Incubation [4] | 18 days | Migration [6] | Intercontinental | Wing Span [4] | 21 inches (.54 m) |
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Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands |
Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Egypt , Iraq, Jordan, Syria |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert |
Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Badghyz and Karabil semi-desert |
Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Tajikistan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Baluchistan xeric woodlands |
Pakistan, Afghanistan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests |
Spain |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Cape Verde Islands dry forests |
Cape Verde |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Caspian lowland desert |
Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Central Afghan Mountains xeric woodlands |
Afghanistan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Central Asian southern desert |
Turkmenistan stretching, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Central Persian desert basins |
Iran, Afghanistan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests |
Turkey, Jordan, Israel, Syria |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Eritrean coastal desert |
Eritrea |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Ethiopian montane forests |
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands |
Ethiopia, Eritrea |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands |
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Gulf of Oman desert and semi-desert |
Oman, United Arab Emirates |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Kopet Dag semi-desert |
Iran, Turkmenistan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe |
Iran, Turkmenistan |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Kuh Rud and Eastern Iran montane woodlands |
Iran |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands |
Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Mediterranean acacia-argania dry woodlands and succulent thickets |
Morocco, Spain |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe |
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Mediterranean woodlands and forests |
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Mesopotamian shrub desert |
Iraq, Syria, Jordan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Middle East steppe |
Syria, Iraq |
Palearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Nile Delta flooded savanna |
Egypt |
Palearctic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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North Saharan steppe and woodlands |
Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic |
Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Northwestern thorn scrub forests |
India, Pakistan |
Indo-Malayan |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Paropamisus xeric woodlands |
Afghanistan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Persian Gulf desert and semi-desert |
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Red Sea coastal desert |
Egypt, Sudan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert |
Egypt, Jordan, Saudia Arabia, Yemen, Oman |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Registan-North Pakistan sandy desert |
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Sahara desert |
Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Algeria, Mauritania, Mali, Chad, Niger |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Saharan halophytics |
Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Mauritania, Western Sahara |
Palearctic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Sahelian Acacia savanna |
Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Socotra Island xeric shrublands |
Yemen |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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South Iran Nubo-Sindian desert and semi-desert |
Iran, Iraq, Pakistan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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South Saharan steppe and woodlands |
Mauritania, Mali, Algeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna |
Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Thar desert |
India, Pakistan |
Indo-Malayan |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands |
Chad, Libya |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Tigris-Euphrates alluvial salt marsh |
Iran, Iraq |
Palearctic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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West Saharan montane xeric woodlands |
Algeria, Niger, Mali, Mauritania |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Name |
Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Badhyz |
Turkmenistan |
A1, A3 |
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Burqu' |
Jordan |
A3, B2, B3 |
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Cuchillete de Buenavista-gully of La Torre-Los Alares |
Spain |
A1, A2, B2, B3, C1, C2, C6 |
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Dana: Feinan |
Jordan |
A1, A2, A3, B1iv, B2, B3 |
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Famara sandy plain |
Spain |
B2, B3, C2, C6 |
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Gasr Muhaiwir, Wadi Hauran |
Iraq |
A3 |
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Harrat al-Harrah |
Saudi Arabia |
A1, A3, B2, B3 |
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Isthmus of Jandía sandy plain |
Spain |
B2, B3, C2, C6 |
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Janubio saltpans |
Spain |
B2, C6 |
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Jiddat al Harasis |
Oman |
A1, A3, B2 |
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Kavir region |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
A3, B2, B3 |
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Lajares sandy plain-Cotillo-Ezquinzo |
Spain |
B2, B3, C2, C6 |
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Los Molinos gully-Plain of La Laguna |
Spain |
A1, B2, B3, C1, C6 |
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Mergen |
Turkmenistan |
A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Peninsula of Jandía |
Spain |
A1, B2, B3, C1, C6 |
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Plains of La Corona-Las Honduras |
Spain |
B2, B3, C2, C6 |
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Plains of Mareta-Hoya de la Yegua |
Spain |
B2, B3, C2, C6 |
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Pozo Negro mountain-Vigán |
Spain |
A1, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
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Registan desert |
Afghanistan |
A1, A3 |
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Sandy plain of Corralejo |
Spain |
B2, B3, C2, C6 |
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Shaumari |
Jordan |
A3, A4i, B1i, B2 |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa |
Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania |
No |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
No |
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Horn of Africa |
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Oman, Somalia, Yemen |
No |
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Irano-Anatolian |
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Turkmenistan |
No |
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Mediterranean Basin |
Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey |
No |
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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