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title: "Cream-coloured Courser"
description: "Cursorius cursor — Birds. The cream-coloured courser (Cursorius cursor) is a species of wader in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/cream-coloured-courser
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cream-coloured Courser

> Cursorius cursor — Birds. The cream-coloured courser (Cursorius cursor) is a species of wader in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae.

- Scientific name: *Cursorius cursor*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `desert` (Desert)
- iNaturalist observations: 803
- Wikidata: [Q219199](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219199)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4595](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4595)

## Names

- en: Cream-coloured Courser
- de: Rennvogel
- es: Corredor Sahariano
- fr: Courvite isabelle
- nl: Renvogel
- pt: Corredor
- pl: Rączak zwyczajny

## Countries with the most observations

ES (163), MA (142), DZ (111), IN (61), IL (47), EH (30), FR (26), CV (23), AE (21), EG (13), SA (12), MR (8)

## Summary

The cream-coloured courser (Cursorius cursor) is a species of wader in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae. Both parts of the scientific name derive from Latin cursor, "runner", from currere, "to run" which describes their usual habit as they hunt their insect prey on the ground in dry open semi-desert regions of the Middle East and northern Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream-coloured_courser

## Photo

![Cream-coloured Courser](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cream-coloured-courser/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/130108978

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cream-coloured-courser?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).