Madagascar pratincole
| Madagascar pratincole | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Glareolidae |
| Genus: | Glareola |
| Species: | G. ocularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Glareola ocularis (Verreaux, 1833)
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The Madagascar pratincole (Glareola ocularis) is a species of bird in the family Glareolidae. 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.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2021). "Glareola ocularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22694140A180116686. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22694140A180116686.en. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
External links[]
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Glareola
- Birds of Madagascar
- Birds described in 1833
- Taxa named by Jules Verreaux
- Charadriiformes stubs