Pratincole
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
(prt´nkl´´), common name for a large-winged shore bird including seven species in the subfamily Glareolinae of the family Glareolidae.
Pratincole, Oriental Glareola maldivarum Found: Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand
Photographed by: 1, 2) Charles Lam 3, 4) Ang Khwang Chen
Family Dromadidae - 1 genus
Genus Dromas- 1 species ...
Small Pratincole (Glareola lactea) is a widespread resident in India. Size: 18 cm
Anseriformes
Apodiformes ...
Pratincoles are unusual among waders in that they typically hunt their insect prey on the wing like swallows, although they can also feed on the ground.
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum - Breeding plumaged adult in flight
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Location : ...
Collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
Eurasian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
Mongo (Stomatepia mongo)
Tilapia (Tilapia bythobathes)
Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Fissi (Sarotherodon caroli)
Pallid swift (Apus pallidus) ...
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
Skuas, Gulls
Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus NA- Parasictic Jaeger ...
Black-winged Pratincole
(Glareola nordmanni)
SAP »
Slender-billed Curlew
(Numenius tenuirostris) ...
Glareola pratincola - European Pratincole
Glareola nordmanni - Black-winged Pratincole
Charadriidae - Plovers, Lapwings
Charadrius
Charadrius dubius - Little Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula - Greater Ringed Plover ...
Family Glareolidae (coursers and pratincoles)
Family Haematopodidae (oystercatchers)
Family Ibidorhynchidae (ibisbill) ...
Spoon-billed Sandpiper and endangered Red-breasted Goose, Spotted Greenshank, White-headed Duck and vulnerable Spot-billed Pelican, Dalmatian Pelican, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Marbled Duck, Relict Gull, and near threatened Black-winged Pratincole, ...
 See also: Eagle, Pigeon, Stilt, Stork, Pheasant
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