Cheruku ni ndege wa jenasi mbalimbali katika familia Glareolidae. Ndege hawa wanaweza kukimbia sana. Wanatokea mahali pakavu kama nyika au jangwa. Hula nzige na wadudu wengine na huyataga mayai mchangani. Cheruku-mamba huonekana karibu na mito na hutaga mayai yake kwa mafungu ya mchanga mtoni. Huainishwa na wataalamu wengine katika familia Pluvianidae. Spishi hii hula wadudu lakini pia hutoa nyama kwa kati ya meno ya mamba. Cursorius cursor, Cheruku Kaskazi (Cream-coloured Courser) Cursorius rufus, Cheruku wa Burchell (Burchell's Courser) Cursorius somalensis, Cheruku Somali (Somali Courser) Cursorius temminckii, Cheruku Utosi-mwekundu (Temminck's Courser) Pluvianus aegyptius, Cheruku-mamba (Egyptian Plover au Crocodile Bird) Rhinoptilus africanus, Cheruku Mikufu-miwili (Double-banded Courser) Rhinoptilus chalcopterus, Cheruku Mabawa-shaba (Bronze-winged Courser) Rhinoptilus cinctus, Cheruku Mikufu-mitatu (Three-banded Courser) Cursorius coromandelicus (Indian Courser) Rhinoptilus bitorquatus (Jerdon's Courser) Cheruku wa Burchell Cheruku utosi-mwekundu Cheruku-mamba Cheruku mikufu-miwili Cheruku mikufu-mitatu Indian courser