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==Range== Cream-colored coursers are found in the [[Canary Islands]], [[Cape Verde]], [[North Africa]] and [[Southwest Asia]]. Their two eggs are laid in a ground scrape. The breeding season extends from February to September,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Maclean |first1=G.L. |editor1-last=Hoyo |editor1-first=Josep del |editor2-last=Elliott |editor2-first=Andrew |editor3-last=Sargatal |editor3-first=Jordi |year=1996 |title=Handbook of the Birds of the World |chapter=Family Glareolidae (coursers and pratincoles) |volume=3 |publisher=[[Lynx Edicions]] |location=Barcelona |pages=364β383 |isbn=978-84-87334-20-7}}</ref> but they may breed also in autumn and winter when local conditions (especially rainfall) are favourable.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Amezian |first1=M. |last2=Bergier |first2=P. |last3=Qninba |first3=A |year=2014 |title=Autumn-winter breeding by Cream-coloured Coursers ''Cursorius cursor'' is more common than previously reported |journal=Wader Study Group Bulletin |volume=121 |issue=3 |pages=177β180 |url=https://magornitho.org/files/2015/08/amezian-et-al-2014-cream-coloured-courser.pdf}}</ref> They are partially [[bird migration|migratory]], with northern and northwestern birds wintering in [[India]], [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]] and across the southern edge of the [[Sahara]]. Some birds also breed in the southern desert regions in northwestern India and Pakistan.<ref name=Rahmani1989/> They are rare north of the breeding range, but this species has occurred as far away as [[Finland]], [[Ireland]] and [[Great Britain]].{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}
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