Pratincoles & Coursers Family Glareolidae

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Pratincoles & Coursers Family Glareolidae

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The feature that defines the family from the rest of the order is the bill, which is arched and has the nostrils at the base. The pratincoles have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails. They have a buoyant flight that allows them the unusual (for the order) hunting technique of taking their insect prey on the wing like swallows. The wings also allow for long migrations in some species. The coursers have long legs, which are used to run (giving the group its name. The wings are shorter and have a more sustained flight than that of the pratincoles.

Family Glareolidae (Coursers, Pratincoles)
Cursorius rufus Burchell's Courser 299
Cursorius temminckii Temminck's Courser 300
Rhinoptilus africanus Double-banded Courser 301
Rhinoptilus cinctus Three-banded Courser 302
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus Bronze-winged Courser 303
Glareola pratincola Collared Pratincole 304
Glareola nordmanni Black-winged Pratincole 305
Glareola nuchalis Rock Pratincole 306

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2 Collard Panticole
H15, Malopenyana waterhole
Near Letaba
Tinged by Leo


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:shock: That's a rather rare sighting for the Kruger ! Well done !


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Must agree. Never seen that one before ^Q^ ^Q^


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:yes: ^Q^


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Re: Pratincole in Kruger

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They are found every year at Pioneer dam Mopani Camp


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Re: Pratincole in Kruger

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this is the one that i found at engelhard dam in december 2017
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Are they waders or sea birds or what? :-?


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Re: Pratincole in Kruger

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not a wader or a sea bird......

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a locally common resident and intra-african migrant..

near-threatened...


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Well they look a bit silly. How big are they? -O-


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