Bird

1. Birds-Coursers

2. Cream Coloured
Courser
The cream-colored
courser (Cursorius cursor)
is a wader in
the pratincole and courser
family, Glareolidae. Both
parts of the scientific name
derive from Latin cursor,
"runner", from currere, "to
run"[2] which describes
their usual habit as they
hunt their insect prey on
the ground in dry open
semi-desert regions of Asia
and northern Africa

3. Indian Courser
The Indian
courser (Cursorius
coromandelicus) 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.

4. Jerdons Courser
Jerdon's courser (Rhinoptilus
bitorquatus) is a nocturnal bird
belonging to
the pratincole and courser family
Glareolidae endemic to India. The
bird was discovered by the
surgeon-naturalist Thomas C.
Jerdon in 1848 but not seen again
until its rediscovery in
1986.[3] This courseris
a restricted-range endemic found
locally in India in the Eastern
Ghats of Andhra Pradesh. It is
currently known only from the Sri
Lankamalleswara Wildlife
Sanctuary, where it inhabits
sparse scrub forest with patches
of bare ground.