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    Glareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Lari. It contains two distinct groups, the pratincoles and the coursers. The atypical Egyptian...
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    pratincole or red-winged pratincole, is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae. As with other pratincoles, it is native to the Old World. The collared...
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    grasshopper-bird or swallow-plover, is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae. The genus name is a diminutive of Latin glarea, "gravel", referring...
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    includes five to six families: Family Dromadidae – crab-plover Family Glareolidae – coursers, pratincoles (17 species) Family Laridae – gulls, terns, skimmers...
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    Courser (category Glareolidae)
    (Cursoriinae) of birds which together with the pratincoles make up the family Glareolidae. They have long legs, short wings and long pointed bills which curve...
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    pratincole (Glareola lactea) is a small wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae. The small pratincole is a resident breeder in India, Western Pakistan...
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    Turnicidae – buttonquails (18 species) Family Dromadidae – crab-plover Family Glareolidae – coursers, pratincoles (17 species) Shorebirds is a blanket term used...
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    was formerly placed with the pratincoles and coursers in the family, Glareolidae, but is now regarded as the sole member of its own monotypic family Pluvianidae...
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    cursor) is a species of wader in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae. Both parts of the scientific name derive from Latin cursor, "runner"...
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    Pratincole (category Glareolidae)
    (Glareolinae) of birds which together with the coursers make up the family Glareolidae. They have short legs, very long pointed wings and long forked tails...
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