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.