Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? (Job 35:11 KJV)
CLASS – AVES, Order – CHARADRIIFORMES, Family – Glareolidae – Coursers, Pratincoles
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I.O.C. 3.1 Version
Genus (4), Species (17), Subspecies
Cursorius
Cream-colored Courser (Cursorius cursor) by Nikhil Devasar
____ (Cursorius cursor cursor)
____ (Cursorius cursor bogolubovi)
____ (Cursorius cursor exsul)
Somali Courser (Cursorius somalensis)
____ (Cursorius somalensis somalensis)
____ (Cursorius somalensis littoralis)
Burchell’s Courser (Cursorius rufus)
Temminck’s Courser (Cursorius temminckii)
Indian Courser (Cursorius coromandelicus) by Nikhil Devasar
Rhinoptilus
Double-banded Courser (Rhinoptilus africanus)
____ (Rhinoptilus africanus raffertyi)
____ (Rhinoptilus africanus hartingi)
____ (Rhinoptilus africanus gracilis)
____ (Rhinoptilus africanus bisignatus)
____ (Rhinoptilus africanus erlangeri)
____ (Rhinoptilus africanus traylori)
____ (Rhinoptilus africanus africanus)
____ (Rhinoptilus africanus granti)
Three-banded Courser (Rhinoptilus cinctus)
____ (Rhinoptilus cinctus mayaudi)
____ (Rhinoptilus cinctus balsaci)
____ (Rhinoptilus cinctus cinctus)
____ (Rhinoptilus cinctus emini)
____ (Rhinoptilus cinctus seebohmi)
Bronze-winged Courser (Rhinoptilus chalcopterus)
Jerdon’s Courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus)
Stiltia
Australian Pratincole (Stiltia isabella) by Ian
Glareola
Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola) by Bob-Nan
____ (Glareola pratincola pratincola)
____ (Glareola pratincola erlangeri)
____ (Glareola pratincola fuelleborni)
____ (Glareola pratincola riparia)
Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarum) by W Kwong
Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)
Madagascar Pratincole (Glareola ocularis)
Rock Pratincole (Glareola nuchalis)
____ (Glareola nuchalis liberiae)
____ (Glareola nuchalis nuchalis)
____ (Glareola nuchalis torrens)
Grey Pratincole (Glareola cinerea)
Small Pratincole (Glareola lactea) by Nikhil Devasar
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Bob & Nan’s Gallery
Ian Montgomery’s Birdway
Nikhil Devasar’s Gallery
Nikhil Devasar’s Gallery-II
William Kwong’s Galleries
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