Family

Glareolidae

13 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Charadriiformes › Glareolidae

Burchell's Courser

Cursorius rufus Gould, 1837

Burchell's courser is an endemic African bird species distinguished from similar coursers by its blue-grey hind crown, found in dry Southern African habitats.

Temminck's Courser

Cursorius temminckii Swainson, 1822

Temminck's courser (Cursorius temminckii) is a sub-Saharan African wader bird in the Glareolidae family noted for laying dark eggs in burnt African savannah vegetation.

Cream-coloured Courser

Cursorius cursor (Latham, 1787)

Cream-coloured courser (Cursorius cursor) is a slender wader with distinct plumage, found across dry regions of North Africa and Southwest Asia.

Indian Courser

Cursorius coromandelicus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)

Cursorius coromandelicus is a brighter South Asian courser living in dry open habitats, feeding on insects.

Oriental Pratincole

Glareola maldivarum J.R.Forster, 1795

Glareola maldivarum, the Oriental pratincole, is a migratory Asian pratincole with characteristic brown and chestnut plumage.

Small Pratincole

Glareola lactea Temminck, 1820

Glareola lactea, the small pratincole, is a small insect-eating wading bird that breeds across South and Southeast Asia.

Rock Pratincole

Glareola nuchalis G.R.Gray, 1849

Glareola nuchalis is the African rock pratincole, a small wading bird associated with rocky river and lake embankments.

Collared Pratincole

Glareola pratincola (Linnaeus, 1766)

Glareola pratincola, the collared pratincole, is a migratory insect-eating bird found across parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Black-winged Pratincole

Glareola nordmanni Fischer von Waldheim, 1842

Glareola nordmanni, or black-winged pratincole, is a migratory insect-eating bird that breeds in southeast Europe and southwest Asia, wintering in tropical Africa.