2023-07-03 OSTRICH 2023 94(卷), 3(期), (234-238页)
This study presents the first data on the breeding ecology of the Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor (family Glareolidae) in a grazed semi-arid steppe in southwestern Morocco. The egg-laying occurred between early May and July, with most nests found between May and June. The observed mean clutch size (1.86 +/- 0.36 SD, n = 21 nests) and mean egg volume (11.59 +/- 1.03 cm(3), n = 39 eggs) were comparable to those recorded in the subspecies C. c. exsul in Cape Verde. Nest survival recorded over the whole incubation period was relatively high.