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Oriental Pratincole

Glareola maldivarum

Classification

Class
Aves

The oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum), also known as the grasshopper-bird or swallow-plover, is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae. Etymology The genus name is a diminutive of Latin glarea, "gravel", referring to a typical nesting habitat for pratincoles. The species name, maldivarum, refers to the type locality, the ocean near the Maldive Islands.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 58United Kingdom · 1