Glareolidae - coursers, pratincoles

There are 18 species of birds in this family. They are found in warm places in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.

Coursers have long legs, short wings, and long bills that curve down at the end. They chase insects on the ground and they live in arid regions.

The pratincoles have short legs and bills; long, pointed wings; and forked tails. They hunt for insects while they are in the air. Species in this family include: the Egyptian plover, Temminck's courser, the Madagascar pratincole, the three-banded courser, and the Indian courser.

World Status Key
Least Concern Near Threatened Vulnerable Endangered Critically Endangered Extinct in Wild Extinct
Status taken from ICUN Redlist. If no status is listed, there is not enough data to establish status, or there is no status data for the species.

US Status Key
Threatened in US Threatened in NH Endangered in US Endangered in NH Introduced
Status taken from US Fish and Wildlife and NH Fish and Game

New Hampshire Species		North/Central American Species
None		Oriental Pratincole - Glareola maldivarum

Species Around the World
Location Key Africa Asia Australia/Oceania Europe North/Central America South America NH Species
Indian Courser - Cursorius coromandelicus Cursorius cursor Burchell's Courser - Cursorius rufus Somali Courser - Cursorius somalensis Temminck's Courser - Cursorius temminckii Gray Pratincole - Glareola cinerea Small Pratincole - Glareola lactea Oriental Pratincole - Glareola maldivarum Black-winged Pratincole - Glareola nordmanni		Rock Pratincole - Glareola nuchalis Madagascar Pratincole - Glareola ocularis Collared Pratincole - Glareola pratincola Egyptian Plover - Pluvianus aegyptius Double-banded Courser - Rhinoptilus africanus Jerdon's Courser - Rhinoptilus bitorquatus Bronze-winged Courser - Rhinoptilus chalcopterus Three-banded Courser - Rhinoptilus cinctus Australian Pratincole - Stiltia isabella
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