Burchell's Courser

分类位置

同属物种

乳色走鸻

Cream-colored Courser

Indian Courser

Indian Courser

Somali Courser

Somali Courser

黑腹走鸻

Temminck's Courser

形态与习性

Burchell's courser (Cursorius rufus) is a wader in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae. The name of this bird commemorates the English naturalist William John Burchell. Native to Africa, Burchell's courser is a small, diurnal, and terrestrial bird that lives in the western parts of southern Africa. Although classed as waders, these are birds of dry open country, preferably semi-desert, where they typically hunt their insect prey (usually Harvester Termites) by running on the ground. I