Archive for the ‘Glareolidae’ Category

• Small pratincole

  Sep 4 | Pratincoles | Little Stint | 724 Views | with No Comments

  The Small pratincole – Glareola lactea is a small migratory wader of the family Glareolidae. It a summer breeder to the NW Indian Subcontinent, and resident over large areas of India and into SE Asia. In the AWB Region it...

• Black-winged pratincole

  Sep 4 | Pratincoles | Little Stint | 704 Views | with No Comments

  The Black-winged pratincole – Glareola nordmanni is a medium sized migratory wader of the Old World. It is a summer breeder to the warmer areas of SE Europe and Central Asia and in the winter migrates to the Sahel Region...

• Oriental pratincole

  Sep 4 | Pratincoles | Little Stint | 715 Views | with No Comments

  The Oriental pratincole – Glareola maldivarum is a medium sized migratory wader of the family Glareolidae. It is a summer breeder to S and E Asia and in the winter migrates S to Sumatra, Indonesia and Australia. In the AWB...

• Collared pratincole

  Sep 4 | Pratincoles | Little Stint | 712 Views | with No Comments

  The Collared pratincole – Glareola pratincola is a medium sized Old World wader of the family Glareolidae. It is found in Africa, S Europe, the Middle East and SW Central Asia. In the AWB Region it is a summer breeder to...

• Cream-colored courser

  Sep 4 | Coursers | Little Stint | 713 Views | with No Comments

  The Cream-colored courser – Cursorius cursor is a medium sized wader of the family Glareolidae. It has a complex patchwork of distribution across northern Africa, the Middle East and SW Asia. In the AWB Region it is a...

• Glareolidae – coursers and pratincoles

  Sep 4 | Glareolidae | Little Stint | 689 Views | with No Comments

  The Glareolidae – coursers and pratincoles is a family of waders of the suborder Charadrii of the Order Charadriiformes. The coursers are terrestrial, secretive, crepuscular and nocturnal birds and the pratincoles are...