Australian Pratincole | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Glareolidae |
Genus: | Stiltia G.R. Gray, 1855 |
Species: | S. isabella |
Binomial name | |
Stiltia isabella (Vieillot, 1816) |
The Australian Pratincole (Stiltia isabella) is a species of bird in the Glareolidae family, found in Australia, Christmas Island, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea.[1]
The pratincoles are a group of birds consisting of the Australian Pratincole and the seven species of the genus Glareola.