Glareola
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| Glareola | |
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| Small Pratincole, Glareola lactea | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Glareolidae |
| Genus: | Glareola Brisson, 1760 |
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Glareola is a genus of birds in the family Glareolidae.
The pratincoles are a group of birds consisting of the seven species of this genus and the Australian Pratincole, the only species of the genus Stiltia.
Species list
- Genus Glareola
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Grey Pratincole Glareola cinerea
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
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