Somali Courser

Somali Courser
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Glareolidae
Genus:	Cursorius
Species:	C. somalensis
Binomial name
Cursorius somalensis Shelley, 1885

The Somali Courser Cursorius somalensis is a wader in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae.

Although classed as waders, these are birds of dry open country, preferably semi-desert, where they typically hunt their insect prey by running on the ground.

This is a small bird that lives in the eastern Africa, from Eritrea and extreme southeast South Sudan to Somalia and northern Kenya. It feeds off of insects and seeds and lives in open, short grasslands and burnt veld. It grows to eight or nine inches in height.

References

• BirdLife International (2004). Cursorius somalensis. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

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