Pratincoles and Coursers
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Glareolidae
Glareolidae is a family of wading birds comprising the pratincoles, which have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails, and the coursers, which have long legs, short wings and long pointed bills which curve downwards. There are 17 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in India.
- Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor
- Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
- Jerdon's Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus (E)
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
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