Oriental pratincole | |
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In central Thailand | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Glareolidae |
Genus: | Glareola |
Species: | G. maldivarum
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Binomial name | |
Glareola maldivarum Forster, 1795
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The oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum), also known as the grasshopper-bird or swallow-plover, is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae.