Glareola is a genus of birds in the family Glareolidae. The pratincoles are a group of birds consisting of the seven species of this genus and the Australian pratincole, the only species of the genus Stiltia.
Glareola | |
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Small pratincole (Glareola lactea) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Glareolidae |
Subfamily: | Glareolinae |
Genus: | Glareola Brisson, 1760 |
Type species | |
Hirundo pratincola Linnaeus, 1766 | |
Species | |
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The genus Glareola was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola) as the type species.[1][2] The genus name is a diminutive of Latin glarea, "gravel", referring to a typical nesting habitat.[3]
Species list
The genus contains seven species:[4]
- Collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
- Oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum)
- Black-winged pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)
- Madagascar pratincole (Glareola ocularis)
- Rock pratincole (Glareola nuchalis)
- Grey pratincole (Glareola cinerea)
- Small pratincole (Glareola lactea)