Indian Courser
Cursorius coromandelicus(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Indian Courser
The Indian Courser (Cursorius coromandelicus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Glareolidae (Coursers and Pratincoles) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: dry stony plains of north-central Pakistan, sub-Himalayan India, far southern Nepal, and far northern Sri LankaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cursorius coromandelicus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Indian Courser
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius coromandelicus
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Coromandel Coast.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.692
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Rhinoptilus bitorquatus
Three-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus cinctus
Temminck's Courser
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Cream-Coloured Courser
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Somali Courser
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Burchell's Courser
Cursorius rufus
Madagascar Pratincole
Glareola ocularis
Rock Pratincole
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Australian Pratincole
Glareola isabella
Small Pratincole
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