Pratincoles and Coursers

Glareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Lari. It contains two distinct groups, the pratincoles and the coursers. The atypical Egyptian plover (Pluvianus aegyptius), traditionally placed in this family, is now known to be only distantly related (basal of clade Charadrii).

Species in this family

• Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
• Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor
• Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus
• Somali Courser Cursorius somalensis
• Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
• Grey Pratincole Glareola cinerea
• Australian Pratincole Glareola isabella
• 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
• Jerdon's Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus
• Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
• Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
• Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus

Lookalikes compared

• Black-winged Pratincole vs Collared Pratincole
• Bronze-winged Courser vs Burchell's Courser
• Bronze-winged Courser vs Double-banded Courser
• Bronze-winged Courser vs Temminck's Courser
• Bronze-winged Courser vs Three-banded Courser
• Burchell's Courser vs Temminck's Courser
• Cream-coloured Courser vs Black-winged Pratincole
• Cream-coloured Courser vs Collared Pratincole
• Cream-coloured Courser vs Oriental Pratincole
• Cream-coloured Courser vs Small Pratincole
• Double-banded Courser vs Temminck's Courser
• Oriental Pratincole vs Black-winged Pratincole
• Oriental Pratincole vs Collared Pratincole
• Rock Pratincole vs Collared Pratincole
• Small Pratincole vs Collared Pratincole
• Small Pratincole vs Oriental Pratincole
• Three-banded Courser vs Burchell's Courser
• Three-banded Courser vs Double-banded Courser