Somali Courser

When to see the Somali Courser

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Somali Courser

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Somali Courser

The Somali courser is a wader in the pratincole and courser family Glareolidae, native to eastern Africa in Eritrea, eastern Ethiopia, Somalia, extreme southeast South Sudan, and northern and eastern Kenya. It is unusual among waders in being a bird of open dry country, preferably semi-desert, short grasslands, and burnt grass, where it typically hunts its insect prey by running on the ground.

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Easily confused with

Burchell's CourserCursorius rufusBurchell's courser has a graceful figure and an upright posture. Indian CourserCursorius coromandelicusThis courser is widespread in South Asia and overlaps with some other species such as the similar looking cream-coloured courser. 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.