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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.
Species
ツバメチドリ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyGlareolidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded234,293
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 113
- With media
- 15
- Family
- Glareolidae
- Collections
- WFVZ, ROM, USNM
- Recorded in
- Malaysia, Philippines, India, China
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Glareolidae
- Image
- Small pranticole.jpg
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- genus
- taxon name
- Glareola
- Commons category
- Glareola
- topic's main category
- Category:Glareola
- taxon common name
- komatna tekica
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Species
- References
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.
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