Glareola
Sign in to saveGlareola is a genus of birds in the family Glareolidae. The pratincoles are a group of birds consisting of the eight species.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyGlareolidae
Habitatmarine
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Glareola is a genus of birds in the family Glareolidae. The pratincoles are a group of birds consisting of the eight species.
==Taxonomy== The genus Glareola was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola) as the type species. The genus name is a diminutive of Latin glarea, "gravel", referring to a typical nesting habitat.