Cream-colored courser (Cursorius cursor)

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The cream-colored courser (Cursorius cursor) is a 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 Western Asia and northern Africa.

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Location: Negev Desert Israel border with the Sinai Desert of Egypt
Photo credit: © Eyal Bartov / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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