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Glareolidae
Sign in to saveGlareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Lari. It contains two distinct groups, the pratincoles and the coursers. The atypical Egyptian plover (Pluvianus aegyptius), traditionally placed in this family, is now known to be only distantly related (basal of clade Charadrii).
Species
pratincoles
Glareolidae
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyGlareolidae
Les Glareolidae (ou glaréolidés en français) sont une famille d'oiseaux constituée de 4 genres et de 17 espèces existantes. Ces espèces sont nommées courvites et glaréoles.
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- Family
- Glareolidae
- Collections
- ANWC, NMV, MSU, QM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Tunisia, Spain, Kenya, United Kingdom, South Africa, Morocco, India, Belgium
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Description
- Distribution and habitat
- Behaviour
- Diet and feeding
- References
Glareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Lari. It contains two distinct groups, the pratincoles and the coursers. The atypical Egyptian plover (Pluvianus aegyptius), traditionally placed in this family, is now known to be only distantly related (basal of clade Charadrii).
The family contains 17 species in 4 genera.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Glareolidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.