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 7 species which occur in Niger.
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Gray Pratincole Glareola cinerea
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Niger
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