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Cream-colored coursers have long legs, long wings, and slightly downcurved bills. The body plumage is sandy in colour, fading to whitish on the lower belly. The upperwing primary feathers and the underwings are black. The crown and nape are grey, and there is a black eyestripe and white supercilium.
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319:. Both parts of the scientific name derive from
526:and cream-colored coursers to be conspecific.
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595:The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names
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598:. London: Christopher Helm. p.
374:and across the southern edge of the
256: Possibly Extant (non-breeding)
1278:IUCN Red List least concern species
822:Cream-colored courser photo gallery
745:Shorebirds: An Identification Guide
557:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
625:Handbook of the Birds of the World
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250: Possibly Extant (resident)
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783:BirdLife species factsheet for
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772:Cream-coloured courser photos
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700:Biodiversity Heritage Library
510:treats the east African form
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24:Cream-colored courser
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397:Description
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317:Glareolidae
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1272:Categories
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512:littoralis
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409:Subspecies
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309:pratincole
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