. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. D. J. Pearson & J. S. Ash 225 Bull. 1996 116(4) The taxonomic position of the Somali courser Cursorius (cursor) somalensis by D. J. Pearson & J. S. Ash Received 9 November 1995 The nominate race of the Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor breeds in North Africa and the Middle East and on Socotra. It winters in the Sahara, and south to the Gambia, Mali, Chad, central Sudan, northern Ethiopia and Eritrea, and has occurred in Somalia (mainly the northwest: Ash & Miskell 1983) and northern Kenya (Shekkerman & van Wett
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. D. J. Pearson & J. S. Ash 225 Bull. 1996 116(4) The taxonomic position of the Somali courser Cursorius (cursor) somalensis by D. J. Pearson & J. S. Ash Received 9 November 1995 The nominate race of the Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor breeds in North Africa and the Middle East and on Socotra. It winters in the Sahara, and south to the Gambia, Mali, Chad, central Sudan, northern Ethiopia and Eritrea, and has occurred in Somalia (mainly the northwest: Ash & Miskell 1983) and northern Kenya (Shekkerman & van Wetten 1987). A similarly patterned but smaller courser is resident on arid plains in eastern Ethiopia, Somalia and northern and eastern Kenya (for distribution see Fig. 1). Two races are involved, somalensis Shelley 1885 in Ethiopia and northern Somalia, and the slightly darker littoralis Erlanger 1905 in southern Somalia and Kenya. These were described as races of the Cream-coloured Courser, under the systematic. Figure 1. Distribution of Cursorius c. cursor (hatched area top left) and Cursorius (c.) somalensis (hatched area centre right) in east Africa. •: isolated southern records of C. c. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Ornithologists' Club. London : The Club
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