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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Glareolidae .
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Found above the falls are whitebacked night heron Gorsachius leuconotus, African finfoot Podica senegalensis and rock pratincole Glareola nuchalis.
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Birdlife on the river and in the bush is prolific with over 380 species recorded including Nyasa lovebird Agapornis lilianae, yellow-spotted nicator Nicator chloris, rock pratincole Glareola nuchalis, banded snake-eagle Circaetus cinerascens, and Livingstone's flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei.
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas, Zimbabwe 2009
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Other birds include Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus, Bonelli's eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus, booted eagle H. pennatus, marsh harrier Circus aeruginosus, lanner falcon Falco biarmicus, peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus (threatened), collared pratincole Glareola pratincola and Moussier's redstart Phoenicurus moussieri.
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The Park is an important breeding area for the pinkbacked pelican Pelecanus rufescens, white pelican P. onocrotalus, African fish-eagle Haliaeetus vocifer, Caspian tern Hydroprogne caspia, goliath heron Ardea goliath, rufous-bellied heron Butorides rufiventris, yellowbilled stork Mycteria ibis, pygmy goose Nettapus auritus, collared pratincole Glareola pratincola and greyrumped swallow Pseudohirondo griseopyga.
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Lake systems across the ecoregion are regarded as significant refugia by Morton et al. The wetland edges and grasslands of this ecoregion provide critically significant habitats for many migratory shorebirds, most notably the little curlew (Numenius minutus) and oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum), for which a large proportion of the total world population aggregates during the non-breeding season.
Mitchell grass downs 2007
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The Camargue (Rhone Delta) breeding bird species include 8 heron species, Gelochelidon nilotica, Coracias garrulus, Merops apiaster, Plegadis falcinellus, Phoenicopterus ruber (the largest colony of flamingo in the Mediterranean), Glareola pratincola, and gulls.
Northeastern Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests 2007
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Though I do not see how it follows naturally on the above, still, where can I see a good skeleton of Glareola?
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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(_Glareola lactea_) who lay their eggs in the bare white glittering river-sands, that so long as the sun is high and the sand hot they rarely sit _upon_ their eggs, though one or other of the parents constantly remains beside or hovering near and over them, but in the early morning, in somewhat cold and cloudy days, and as the night draws on, they are all close sitters.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870
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Though I do not see how it follows naturally on the above, still, where can I see a good skeleton of Glareola?
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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The Kizilirmak Delta hosts breeding populations of Pelecanus crispus, purple heron (Ardea purpurea), Ciconia nigra, spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), gadwall (Anas strepera), Netta rufina, Aythya nyroca, crane (Grus grus), stone curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus), collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola) and a high number of wintering waterfowls.
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