Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Bloukopdrawwertjie
Common Names in Basque:
Corredor
Common Names in Catalan:
Corredor
Common Names in Catalan (Balears):
Corredor
Common Names in Czech:
Behulk Plav
Common Names in Danish:
rkenlber
Common Names in Dutch:
Renvogel
Common Names in English:
Cream-Colored Courser, Cream-Coloured Courser
Common Names in Esperanto:
Kurbirdo
Common Names in Estonian:
Krbejooksur
Common Names in Finnish:
Aavikkojuoksija
Common Names in French:
Courvite Isabelle
Common Names in Galician:
Corredeira
Common Names in German:
Rennvogel
Common Names in Hebrew:
רץ מדבר
Common Names in Hungarian:
Futmadr
Common Names in Icelandic:
Sandlpa
Common Names in Irish:
Rsa Banbhu
Common Names in Italian:
Corrione Biondo
Common Names in Japanese:
スナバシリ, Sunabashiri
Common Names in Latin:
Cursorius cursor
Common Names in Lithuanian:
Juodasparnis Lakstunas
Common Names in Maltese:
Nankina
Common Names in Norwegian:
rkenlper
Common Names in Polish:
Raczak
Common Names in Portuguese:
Corredor
Common Names in Romansh:
Currider
Common Names in Russian:
Begunok, Бегунок
Common Names in Serbian:
Plava Trkacica
Common Names in Slovak:
Behavec Plav
Common Names in Slovenian:
Pucavski Tekalec
Common Names in Spanish:
Corredor, Corredor Sahariano
Common Names in Swedish:
kenlpare
Common Names in Turkish:
l Kosari
Common Names in Welsh:
Rhedwr Y Twyni
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 705 meters (0 to 2,313 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:4.4Grassland - Temperate
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
()
- Albatrosses, Alcids
- Subfamily:
Glareolinae
()
- Genus:
Cursorius
()
- Latham 1790 IndexOrn. 2 p.751
- Specific name:
cursor
- (Latham) 1787 Gen.Syn.BirdsSuppl. p.293
- Scientific name: - Cursorius cursor (Latham) 1787
- Specific name:
cursor
- (Latham) 1787 Gen.Syn.BirdsSuppl. p.293
- Genus:
Cursorius
(
- Subfamily:
Glareolinae
(
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cursorius
There are approximately 27 species in this genus:
C. africanus · C. bicinotus · C. bisignatus · C. bitorquatus (Jerdon's Courser) · C. chalcopterus · C. cinctus · C. coromandelicus (Indian Courser) · C. cursor (Cream-Coloured Courser) · C. cursor bannermani · C. cursor bogolubovi · C. cursor cursor (Cream-Coloured Courser) · C. cursor exsul · C. cursor somalensis · C. gallicus · C. gallicus littoralis · C. gallicus somalensis · C. gracilis · C. rufus (BurchellÌs Courser) · C. senegalensis · C. somalensis · C. somalensis littoralis · C. somalensis somalensis · C. superciliaris · C. temmincki · C. temminckii (TemminckÌs Courser) · C. temminckii damarensis · C. temminckii temminckii (TemminckÌs Courser)
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Further Reading
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 26, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 10 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 26, 2007:
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
- European Environment Agency, EUNIS
- Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Western Palearctic migrants in continental Africa
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3851236
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176765
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13821727
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176765
- IUCN ID: 49190
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 142655
Footnotes
- Mean = 362.790 meters (1,190.256 feet), Standard Deviation = 251.500 based on 109 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
