Oriental Pratincole

Overview

Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarum) is a species of Coursers, Pratincoles (Glareolidae) in the order Shorebirds, Gulls and Alcids.

Scientific Classification

Genus: Glareola; binomial: Glareola maldivarum; authority: Forster, JR, 1795.

Distribution

Breeding range: the Palearctic and the Oriental Region. Non-breeding range: OR, AU : grassy fields of Chagos Arch. and Maldives (wc Indian Ocean), Indian Pen. through Indonesian Arch., Cocos (Keeling), Christmas I. and Ashmore Reef (se Indian Ocean), n WA and n NT (n, nc Australia), Mariana Is. to Palau, Truk, Yap and Marshall Is. (w Micronesia).

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

No additional remarks recorded.