Cursorius cursor (Latham, 1787).

Length 23 cm. A slender sandy-buff wader that is notable for its striking black eyestripe and white supercilium, which both curve round to the pale grey nape; forehead and crown are pale rufous; the slightly downward curved bill is black and the legs are creamy white. The Cream-colored Courser lives in open stony or sandy desert or semi-desert with low sparse vegetation and feeds on insects, including beetles, grasshoppers, and ants, as well as seeds and small vertebrates, such as lizards. It feeds by running about on the ground and stopping to pick up prey, which is swallowed whole, even large insects of up to 8 cm long. Sometimes it catches locusts in flight and may dig for food with its bill. The nest is a shallow scrape on the ground and the two eggs are incubated for 19 days by both parents. Sexual maturity is reached at one year old. The Courser is an uncommon migrant breeder found in the Eastern and Western Deserts and Sinai. The numbers of this bird are declining due to habitat destruction and hunting.