Oriental Pratincole

Glareola maldivarum - Glaréole orientale

Glaréole orientale
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Glaréolidés

  • Genus
    :

    Glareola

  • Species
    :

    maldivarum

Descriptor

Forster, JR, 1795

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 25 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 58 à 64 cm.
  • Weight
    : 59 à 95 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Glaréole orientale
adult plum. breeding
Glaréole orientale
adult plum. breeding

Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarum) is a species of bird in the Glareolidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Glaréole orientale,
  • Canastera oriental,
  • perdiz-do-mar-oriental,
  • Orientbrachschwalbe,
  • keleti székicsér,
  • Oosterse Vorkstaartplevier,
  • Pernice di mare dal collare,
  • orientvadarsvala,
  • Orientbrakksvale,
  • prieložník olivový,
  • ouhorlík východní,
  • Orient-braksvale,
  • aasianpääskykahlaaja,
  • perdiu de mar oriental,
  • Svölutrítill,
  • żwirowiec orientalny,
  • austrumu bezdelīgtārtiņš,
  • orientalska komatna tekica,
  • Восточная тиркушка,
  • Terik asia,
  • ツバメチドリ,
  • 普通燕鸻,
  • นกแอ่นทุ่งใหญ่,
  • 燕鴴〔東方燕鴴〕,

Voice song and cries

Glaréole orientale
juvenile

Habitat

Glaréole orientale
adult plum. breeding

Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes ; Marine Intertidal : Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Mud Flats and Salt Flats ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Glaréole orientale
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