Cream-coloured Courser

Cream-coloured Courser

Cursorius cursor
Cream-coloured Courser, Yoav Perlman

Introduction

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.

Cream-coloured Courser, Yoav Perlman

Key Stats

Status
Very rare
Very rare
Weight
Weight
110.5g
Seasonality
Seasonality
BTO Records
BTO Records
194 records
Population and distribution stats for:
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Population Change
No data
Population Size
Population Size
No current data
Distribution Change
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Population Change
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Population Size
Population Size
No current data
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Distribution_change
No current data

Movement

Information about Cream-coloured Courser movements and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

Britain & Ireland movement

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report

Foreign locations of birds ringed or recovered in Britain & Ireland

Dots show the foreign destinations of birds ringed in Britain & Ireland, and the origins of birds ringed overseas that were subsequently recaptured, resighted or found dead in Britain & Ireland. Dot colours indicate the time of year that the species was present at the location.

  • Winter (Nov-Feb)
  • Spring (Mar-Apr)
  • Summer (May-Jul)
  • Autumn (Aug-Oct)
Foreign locations of birds ringed or recovered in Britain & Ireland

European movements

EuroBirdPortal uses birdwatcher's records, such as those logged in BirdTrack to map the flows of birds as they arrive and depart Europe. See maps for this species here.

Biology

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

Survival and Longevity

Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.

View number ringed each year in the Online Ringing Report.

Classification, names and codes

Taxonomy, names and species codes for Cream-coloured Courser

Classification and Codes

  • Order: Charadriiformes
  • Family: Glareolidae
  • Scientific name: Cursorius cursor
  • Authority: Latham, 1787
  • BTO 5-letter code: CRCCO
  • Euring code number: 4640

Alternate species names

  • 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
  • Welsh: Rhedwr Twyni

More Evidence

More evidence from Conservation Evidence.com

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