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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Charadriiformes > Family: Glareolidae > Genus: Cursorius > Species: Cursorius cursor

Cream-coloured Courser - Cursorius cursor (Latham, 1787)

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Threat status Europe	Near Threatened (IUCN)
EU Population status	Near Threatened
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 2 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	16 are designated for this species
Breeding habitats	sparsely vegetated land
Natura 2000 species code	A134

Distribution

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Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Near Threatened

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive

Secure

Near Threatened, declining or depleted

Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)

Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
ES0000039	Spain	Jandía	Map
ES0000040	Spain	Islotes del norte de Lanzarote y Famara	Map
ES0000042	Spain	Dunas de Corralejo e Isla de Lobos	Map
ES0000096	Spain	Pozo Negro	Map
ES0000097	Spain	Betancuria	Map
ES0000099	Spain	Los Ajaches	Map
ES0000101	Spain	Lajares, Esquinzo y costa del Jarubio	Map
ES0000112	Spain	Juncalillo del Sur	Map
ES0000310	Spain	Llanos y cuchillos de Antigua	Map
IT3310009	Italy	Magredi del Cellina	Map
ES0000348	Spain	Costa del norte de Fuerteventura	Map
ES0000351	Spain	Llanos de La Mareta y cantil del Rubicón	Map
ES0000350	Spain	Llanos de La Corona y Tegala Grande	Map
IT3311001	Italy	Magredi di Pordenone	Map
CY4000013	Cyprus	FAROS KATO PAFOU	Map
CY3000009	Cyprus	PERIOCHI AGIAS THEKLAS - LIOPETRI	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	Annex I: Species that shall be the subject of special conservation measures concerning their habitat in order to ensure their survival and reproduction in their area of distribution. Member States shall classify territories as special protection areas for the conservation of these species.	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species (All species of Glareolidae)	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Aavikkojuoksija	Finnish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Corredor	Portuguese	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Corredor	Spanish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Corrione biondo	Italian	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Courvite isabelle	French	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Cream-coloured Courser	English	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Ökenlöpare	Swedish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Rennvogel	German	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Renvogel	Dutch	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Ørkenløber	Danish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC

Synonym	Author
All species of Glareolidae

Other resources

Bird action plan
CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EURing code:04640	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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