Glareolidae
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Glareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadri. It contains two distinct groups:
- The pratincoles: these have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails. They typically hunt their insect prey on the wing like swallows
- The coursers: these have long legs, short wings and long pointed bills which curve downwards. They inhabit deserts and similar arid regions.
- ORDER CHARADRIIFORMES
- Suborder Charadrii: waders
- Family Thinocoridae: seedsnipe
- Family Pedionomidae: Plains Wanderer
- Family Scolopacidae: snipe, sandpipers, phalaropes, and allies
- Family Rostratulidae: painted snipe
- Family Jacanidae: jacanas
- Family Chionididae: sheathbills
- Family Burhinidae: thick-knees
- Family Haematopodidae: oystercatchers
- Family Recurvirostridae: avocets and stilts
- Family Ibidorhynchidae: Ibisbill
- Family Charadriidae plovers and lapwings
- Family Pluvianellidae: Magellanic Plover
- Family Dromadidae: Crab Plover
- Family Glareolidae:
- Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola. normanni
- Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Grey Pratincole Glareola cinerea
- Little Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelius
- Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus
- Two-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus
- Heuglin's Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Violet-tipped Courser or Bronze-winged courser, Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Jerdon's Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus
- Suborder Lari: gulls and allies; 4 families
- Suborder Alcae: auks; 1 family