Cream-Coloured Courser
Cursorius cursor(Latham, J, 1787)
English (US) Cream-colored Courser
UK name: Cream-Coloured Courser
The Cream-Coloured Courser (Cursorius cursor) 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.
- Scientific name
- Cursorius cursor
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Cream-colored Courser
- English (UK)
- Cream-Coloured Courser
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1787)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Cursorius cursor cursor
- Cursorius cursor bogolubovi
- Cursorius cursor exsul
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius cursor
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1787)
- Type locality
- Kent, England.
- Original description
- Supplement to the general synopsis of birds p.293
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Coursers and Pratincoles
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Smutsornis africanus
Bronze-winged Courser
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
Jerdon's Courser
Rhinoptilus bitorquatus
Three-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus cinctus
Temminck's Courser
Cursorius temminckii
Indian Courser
Cursorius coromandelicus
Somali Courser
Cursorius somalensis
Burchell's Courser
Cursorius rufus
Madagascar Pratincole
Glareola ocularis
Rock Pratincole
Glareola nuchalis
Australian Pratincole
Glareola isabella
Small Pratincole
Glareola lactea
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