Cursorius [cursor or somalensis] (Cream-colored or Somali Courser)

Cream-colored or Somali Courser

Cursorius [cursor or somalensis] (= Cursorius cursor) (Latham, J 1787)

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Classification

Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Glareolidae
Genus:
   Cursorius
Scientific:
  Cursorius cursor

Original description

Citation:
(Latham, J 1787)

Reference:
General Synops. Birds Suppl.

Protonym:
Charadrius cursor

Type locality:
Kent, England.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103199#page/331/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
48A2319B20B8E769

Avibase ID:
avibase-48A2319B

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/48A2319B

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176765

Geographic range:

Cursorius cursor: subtropical to tropical desert of western Paleotropics, from eastern Canary and Cape Verde islands (central and southern Macaronesia), northwestern Africa, Middle East from southeastern Turkey to Socotra, Iran, and western Turkmenistan to far northwestern India
Cursorius cursor cursor: Canary Islands, North Africa, Arabian Peninsula, and Socotra Island
Cursorius cursor exsul: Cape Verde Islands
Cursorius cursor bogolubovi: southeastern Türkiye to Iran, Afghanistan, southern Pakistan, and northwestern India
Cursorius somalensis: semidesert in lowlands to hills from Eritrea and eastern Ethiopia throughout Somalia, southward to far southeastern South Sudan and east through southeastern Kenya; some intratropical migration
Cursorius somalensis somalensis: Eritrea to Ethiopia and Somalia
Cursorius somalensis littoralis: far southeastern South Sudan, northern Kenya, and southern Somalia
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Cream-colored or Somali Courser
French:
Courvite isabelle ou C. de Somalie

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Cream-coloured Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Cream-coloured Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Cream-coloured Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Cream-coloured Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Cream-coloured Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Cream-coloured Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Cream-colored or Somali Courser ( Cursorius [cursor or somalensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Cream-colored or Somali Courser ( Cursorius [cursor or somalensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Cream-colored or Somali Courser ( Cursorius [cursor or somalensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Cream-colored or Somali Courser ( Cursorius [cursor or somalensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Cream-colored or Somali Courser ( Cursorius [cursor or somalensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Cream-colored or Somali Courser ( Cursorius [cursor or somalensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Cream-colored or Somali Courser ( Cursorius [cursor or somalensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Cream-colored or Somali Courser ( Cursorius [cursor or somalensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Cream-colored or Somali Courser ( Cursorius [cursor or somalensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Cream-colored or Somali Courser ( Cursorius [cursor or somalensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Cream-colored or Somali Courser ( Cursorius [cursor or somalensis])
Birdlife checklist version 00: Cream-coloured Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01: Cream-coloured Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02: Cream-coloured Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Courvite isabelle ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition: Cream-colored Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition: Cream-colored Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published): Cream-colored Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Cream-colored Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Cream-colored Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Cream-colored Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Cream-colored Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Cream-colored Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Cream-colored Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition: Cream-colored Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Cream-colored Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Cream-colored Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Cream-colored Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Cream-colored Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50: Cream-colored Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Cream-coloured Courser ( Cursorius cursor)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Cream-coloured Courser ( Cursorius cursor)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Cream-coloured Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Cream-colored Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Cream-colored Courser ( Cursorius cursor) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Cursorius [cursor, somaliensis or rufus]

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Bloukopdrawwertjie
Arabic: الدراج, الدرج
Catalan: Corredor
Catalan (Balears): Corredor
Czech: Behulík plavý, Běhulík plavý, bìhulík plavý
Welsh: Rhedwr y twyni
Danish: Ørkenløber
German: Rennvogel
Greek: Αμμοδρόμος
Greek (Cypriot): Αμμοδρόμος
English: Cream-colored Courser, Cream-colored or Somali Courser, Cream-coloured Courser, Desert Courser
Esperanto: kurbirdo
Spanish: Corredor, Corredor Sahariano, Corredora Sahariana
Estonian: kõrbejooksur
Basque: Corredor
Finnish: Aavikkojuoksija
French: Courvite gaulois, Courvite isabelle, Courvite isabelle ou C. de Somalie
Irish: Rásaí Banbhuí, Rásaí Bánbhuí
Galician: Corredeira, Corredor
Hebrew: רץ מדבר
Hungarian: Futómadár
Icelandic: Sandlápa
Italian: Corridore biondo, Corrione biondo
Japanese (romaji): sunabashiri
Japanese: スナバシリ
Kazakh: Жүгіргіш балшықшы
Scientific: Charadrius cursor, Charadrius gallicus, Cursorius [cursor or somalensis], Cursorius cursor, Cursorius cursor cursor, Cursorius europaeus, Cursorius gallicus
Lithuanian: Juodasparnis lakstūnas
Maltese: Nankina
Dutch: Renvogel
Norwegian: Ørkenløper
Polish: raczak, raczak zwyczajny, Rączak zwyczajny
Portuguese: Corredor
Romansh: Currider
Russian: Begunok, Бегунок, Бегунок обыкновенный, Обыкновенный бегунок
Slovak: Behavec plavý
Slovenian: pušcavski tekalec, puščavski tekalec
Serbian: Plava trkacica, Плава тркацица
Swedish: Ökenlöpare
Turkish: çöl koşarı, Çölkoşarı, çölkoşary, Koşan Su Kuşu, Koşar Sukuşu
Ukrainian: Бігунець, Бігунець пустельний
Chinese: 乳色走鸻
Chinese (Traditional): 乳白色走鴴