Pratincoles
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Glareolidae
Pratincoles have short legs, very long pointed wings and long forked tails. Their most unusual feature for birds classed as waders is that they typically hunt their insect prey on the wing like swallows, although they can also feed on the ground. Their short bills are an adaptation to aerial feeding.
- Oriental Pratincole, Glareola maldivarum (A) LC
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