Glareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadri. It contains two distinct groups: Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... “Animalia†redirects here. ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... “Aves†redirects here. ... Families Thinocoridae Pedionomidae Scolopacidae Rostratulidae Jacanidae Chionididae Burhinidae Haematopodidae Recurvirostridae Ibidorhynchidae Charadriidae Pluvianellidae Dromadidae Glareolidae Stercorariidae Rhynchopidae Laridae Sternidae Alcidae Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. ... Christian Ludwig Brehm (January 24, 1787 - June 23, 1864) was a German pastor and ornithologist. ... Species see text The Pratincoles are a group of birds which together with the coursers and Egyptian Plover make up the family Glareolidae. ... Species See text. ... Species Stiltia isabella Australian Pratincole Glareola pratincola Collared Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Oriental Pratincole Glareola normanni Black-winged Pratincole Glareola ocularis Madagascar Pratincole Glareola nuchalis Rock Pratincole Glareola cinerea Grey Pratincole Glareola lactea Little Pratincole The Pratincoles are a group of birds which together with the coursers and Egyptian Plover make... Species Pluvianus aegyptius Cursorius cursor Cursorius temminckii Cursorius coromandelius Cursorius rufus Rhinoptilus africanus Rhinoptilus cinctus Rhinoptilus chalcopterus Rhinoptilus bitorquatus The Coursers are a group of birds which together with the pratincoles make up the family Glareolidae. ... Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) The Egyptian Plover, Pluvianus aegyptius, is a wader, the only member of the genus Pluvianus (Vieillot, 1816). ... Species Pluvianus aegyptius Cursorius cursor Cursorius temminckii Cursorius coromandelius Cursorius rufus Rhinoptilus africanus Rhinoptilus cinctus Rhinoptilus chalcopterus Rhinoptilus bitorquatus The Coursers are a group of birds which together with the pratincoles make up the family Glareolidae. ... Species Pluvianus aegyptius Cursorius cursor Cursorius temminckii Cursorius coromandelius Cursorius rufus Rhinoptilus africanus Rhinoptilus cinctus Rhinoptilus chalcopterus Rhinoptilus bitorquatus The Coursers are a group of birds which together with the pratincoles make up the family Glareolidae. ... “Aves†redirects here. ... Families Scolopacidae Rostratulidae Jacanidae Thinocoridae Pedionomidae Burhinidae Chionididae Pluvianellidae Ibidorhynchidae Recurvirostridae Haematopodidae Charadriidae Dunlin (Calidris alpina). ...
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.
All species among the Glareolidae feed primarily on insects.
As many live in hot and arid climates, a good many of the species are crepuscular and rest during the day.
Sibley and Monroe (1980), working with biochemical evidence, considered the coursers and pratincoles to be a subfamily of an enlarged Glareolidae that included the Crab-Plover.
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