Somali courser

Cursorius somalensis

The Somali courser 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.
Somali Courser, Kenya  Cursorius somalensis,Geotagged,Kenya,Somali courser,Winter

Appearance

This is a small bird that lives in the eastern Africa:
"C. s. somaliensis" in Eritrea, eastern Ethiopia and Somaliland and "C. s. littoralis" in extreme southeast South Sudan, northern and eastern Kenya, and southern Somalia. It feeds on insects and seeds and lives in open, short grasslands and burnt veld. It grows to eight or nine inches in height. The somali courser has black lines behind his eyes, when seen from behind it looks like a "V".

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyGlareolidae
GenusCursorius
SpeciesC. somalensis
Photographed in
Kenya