Cursorius cursor
In 3 days ~10%
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.
Cream-coloured coursers are found in the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, North Africa and Southwest Asia. Their two eggs are laid in a ground scrape. The breeding season extends from February to September, but they may also breed in autumn and winter when local conditions (especially rainfall) are favourable. They are partially migratory, with northern and northwestern birds wintering across the southern edge of the Sahara, in Arabia, and in northwestern India. The species also breeds in the southern desert regions in northwestern India and Pakistan, and has bred occasionally in southern Spain.
They are rare north of the breeding range, but this species has occurred as far north as Finland, Norway and Great Britain; they are more regular on Malta, with flocks of up to 30 recorded there. Cream-coloured... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Kuwait City | 🇰🇼 Kuwait |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cream-coloured Courser sighting in Kuwait City on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 135th most-seen of the 157 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cream-coloured Courser in Kuwait City on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months.
Only Kuwait City, in our data
Kuwait City is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cream-coloured Courser sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cream-coloured Courser is recorded against all the birds logged in Kuwait City (10 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
