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Indian
Courser |
Cursorius
coromandelicus |
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Full
Species (monotypic); i.e. no subspecies/races
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The
Courier-plover is found throughout the greater part of India; it is
unknown in lower Bengal and the Malabar Coast, is rare in upper Bengal
and Behar, and very abundant in the Deccan and western India. It associates
in small flocks, frequenting the barest plains and ploughed lands,
and is very abundant on the Cavalry parade ground at Jalna. It runs
about rapidly, nodding its head occasionally when it stops, and picks
up various insects, chiefly coleoptera and the larvae of certain grasshoppers.
Burgess states correctly that it has the peculiar habit of running
for a distance at speed, suddenly stopping, erecting the body, and
then starting off again.
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