Australian Pratincole

Australian Pratincole
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.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International 2004. Stiltia isabella. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.