Kingdom Animalia Order Charadriiformes Genus Glareola Higher classification Glareola | Phylum Chordata Family Glareolidae Scientific name Glareola ocularis Rank Species | |
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Similar Bird, Glareola, Grey pratincole, Glareolidae, Shorebirds | ||
The Madagascan pratincole (Glareola ocularis) is a species of bird in the Glareolidae family. It is found in Comoros, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania, possibly Mauritius, and possibly Réunion. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, freshwater lakes, rocky shores, and intertidal marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Madagascan pratincole Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA