Archive for the ‘Glareolidae’ Category

• Temminck’s courser

  Feb 18 | Coursers, Pratincoles+ | Little Stint | 432 Views | with Comments Off on Temminck’s courser

  Temminck’s courser – Cursorius temminckii – is a resident African courser of Type – wader, Family Glareolidae and Order Charadriiformes. It is native to the grassy savannas of s s Africa. In the AWB Region...

• Madagascan pratincole

  Aug 5 | Pratincoles, Pratincoles+ | Little Stint | 622 Views | with Comments Off on Madagascan pratincole

  Madagascan pratincole – Glareola-ocularis – also on this site called – Madagascar pratincole &#...

• Madagascar pratincole

  Aug 5 | Pratincoles, Pratincoles+ | Little Stint | 630 Views | with Comments Off on Madagascar pratincole

  Madagascar pratincole – Glareola ocularis – or Madagascan pratincole is an elegant migratory/resident Afro/Madagascan shorebird of Type – wader, Family Glareolidae and Order Charadriiformes. It is found as...

• Bronze-winged courser

  Jun 15 | Coursers, Pratincoles+ | Little Stint | 759 Views | with Comments Off on Bronze-winged courser

  Bronze-winged courser – Rhinoptilus chalcopterus – is a large resident African courser of Type – wader, Family Glareolidae and Order Charadriiformes. It is widely distributed over s s Africa in savanna and...

• Small pratincole

  Sep 4 | Pratincoles, Pratincoles+ | Little Stint | 1792 Views | with No Comments

  The Small pratincole – Glareola lactea is a small Asian migratory species of Type – wader of the family Glareolidae and the Order Charadriiformes. It a summer breeder to the NW Indian Subcontinent, and resident over...

• Black-winged pratincole

  Sep 4 | Pratincoles, Pratincoles+ | Little Stint | 1783 Views | with No Comments

  The Black-winged pratincole – Glareola nordmanni is a medium sized migratory Old World species of Type – wader and the Order Charadriiformes. It is a summer breeder to the warmer areas of SE Europe and Central Asia...

• Oriental pratincole

  Sep 4 | Pratincoles, Pratincoles+ | Little Stint | 1762 Views | with No Comments

  The Oriental pratincole – Glareola maldivarum is a medium sized migratory species of Type – wader of the family Glareolidae and the Order Charadriiformes. It is a summer breeder to S and E Asia and in the winter...

• Collared pratincole

  Sep 4 | Pratincoles, Pratincoles+ | Little Stint | 1754 Views | with No Comments

  The Collared pratincole – Glareola pratincola is a medium sized Old World species of Type – wader of the family Glareolidae and the Order Charadriiformes. It is found in Africa, S Europe, the Middle East and SW...

• Cream-colored courser

  Sep 4 | Coursers, Pratincoles+ | Little Stint | 1782 Views | with No Comments

  The Cream-colored courser – Cursorius cursor is a medium sized species of Type – wader of the family Glareolidae and the Order Charadriiformes. It has a complex patchwork of distribution across northern Africa, the...

• Glareolidae – Pratincoles+

  Sep 4 | Glareolidae, Pratincoles+ | Little Stint | 1781 Views | with No Comments

  The Glareolidae – Pratincoles+ or Glareolidae – coursers and pratincoles is a family of Type – wader of the suborder Charadrii of the Order Charadriiformes. The coursers are terrestrial, secretive, crepuscular...