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GrasslandScrapeMedium · 94 g
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This courser is widespread in South Asia and overlaps with some other species such as the similar looking cream-coloured courser. This species is however brighter coloured than the cream-coloured courser and has a broader black eye-stripe that begins at the base of the beak. The crown is chestnut and the breast is rufous. The nape has a dark black patch where the long longer feathers forming the white stripe meet. In flight, the rump appears white and the wing tip is not as contrastingly black as in the cream-coloured courser. The sexes are alike.
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When to see the Indian Courser
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Indian Courser
The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Indian Courser
The Indian courser is a species of courser found in mainland South Asia, mainly in the plains bounded by the Ganges and Indus river system. Like other coursers, it is a ground bird that can be found in small groups as they forage for insects in dry open semi-desert country.
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Easily confused with
Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursorCream-coloured coursers are variously cited as 19–21 cm, 21–24 cm, or 24–27 cm long; the wingspan is 51–57 cm.
Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckiiTemminck's courser is a bird in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae.
Burchell's CourserCursorius rufusBurchell's courser has a graceful figure and an upright posture.
Side by side: Cream-colored Courser vs Indian Courser
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