Charadriiformes
Coursers and Pratincoles (Glareolidae)
HBW 3, p. 364
- Plover-like or tern-like waders, with long or very long wings, and long or relatively short legs.
- Old World tropics, with greatest diversity in Afrotropical Region.
- Desert to savanna, with some species usually adjacent to water; mostly at lower elevations, but sometimes up to 2000 m or higher.
- 6 genera, 17 species, 33 taxa.
- 2 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
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List of species:
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- 30 1 15 14 8 1 Egyptian Plover (Pluvianus aegyptius)
- 37 22 15 8 2 Cream-colored Courser (Cursorius cursor)
- 3 2 1 8 3 Burchell's Courser (Cursorius rufus)
- 6 2 4 8 4 Temminck's Courser (Cursorius temminckii)
- 26 18 8 8 5 Indian Courser (Cursorius coromandelicus)
- 16 10 6 8 6 Double-banded Courser (Smutsornis africanus)
- 13 2 11 8 7 Three-banded Courser (Rhinoptilus cinctus)
- 6 4 2 8 8 Bronze-winged Courser (Rhinoptilus chalcopterus)
- 0 2 9 Jerdon's Courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus)
- 10 5 5 8 10 Australian Pratincole (Stiltia isabella)
- 35 17 18 8 11 Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
- 25 3 6 16 8 12 Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarum)
- 6 5 1 6 13 Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)
- 2 2 4 14 Madagascar Pratincole (Glareola ocularis)
- 14 6 8 8 15 Rock Pratincole (Glareola nuchalis)
- 2 1 1 8 16 Grey Pratincole (Glareola cinerea)
- 30 4 8 18 8 17 Small Pratincole (Glareola lactea)
Family statistics
6 genera, 17 species
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| 6 genera | (100%) |
| 16 species | (94%) |
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