Cream-coloured Courser

Cursorius cursor (Latham, 1787) CRCCO 4640
Family: Charadriiformes > Glareolidae

Cream-coloured Courser, Yoav Perlman

A sandy-coloured plover with black wing tips and a distinctive eye-stripe, Cream-coloured Courser is a very rare visitor from south-west Asia and records are becoming less frequent.

An early sighting of this bird (in Dorset, 1853) appeared in Thomas Hardy's The return of the native, where it was promptly shot by the Earl of Ilchester's gamekeeper.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
194 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
194 records

BTO RECORDS

194 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
194 records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Cream-coloured Courser, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

BIOMETRICS

Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.

Feather measurements and photos on featherbase

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Welsh: Rhedwr Twyni
Catalan: corredor cremós
Czech: behulík plavý
Danish: Ørkenløber
Dutch: Renvogel
Estonian: kõrbejooksur
Finnish: aavikkojuoksija
French: Courvite isabelle
German: Rennvogel
Hungarian: futómadár
Icelandic: Sandlápa
Irish: Rásaí Bánbhuí
Italian: Corrione biondo
Latvian: smilšu kurjerputns
Lithuanian: juodasparnis begunelis
Norwegian: Ørkenløper
Polish: raczak (zwyczajny)
Portuguese: corredeira
Slovak: behavec plavý
Slovenian: pušcavski tekalec
Spanish: Corredor sahariano
Swedish: ökenlöpare

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