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Glareolidae

  • Glareola

    Glareola is a genus of birds in the family Glareolidae. 
    The genus name is a diminutive of Latin glarea, "gravel", referring to a typical nesting habitat.

    1/ Oriental pratincole (Dô nách nâu, Óc cau, Glareola maldivarum), also known as the grasshopper-bird or swallow-plover
    The species name maldivarum refers to the type locality, the ocean near the Maldive Islands.

    2/ Small pratincole, little pratincole, or small Indian pratincole (Dô nách xám, Glareola lactea)

  • Glareolidae

    Glareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Lari, order Charadriiformes. It contains two distinct groups, the pratincoles and the coursers.

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