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Madagascar pratincole

Glareola ocularis J. Verreaux, 1833

NTNear Threatenedbirds

The madagascar pratincole (Glareola ocularis) is a species in the family Glareolidae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 82 g to 103 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Madagascar pratincole (Glareola ocularis)
Photo: Heinonlein · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the madagascar pratincole

Weight
82 g – 103 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
coastalsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the madagascar pratincole live?

Not recorded

What is the madagascar pratincole?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Madagascar pratincole (Glareola ocularis) is a species of bird in the family Glareolidae.

It is a migratory species, breeding across Madagascar (except in the country’s extreme south-west) before migrating to East Africa during the austral winter (May-August), where it is mainly found near the coast between Somalia and Mozambique. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, freshwater lakes, rocky shores, and intertidal marshes; as it migrates to the coast of East Africa.

It is the rarest species in the Glareola genus, and is threatened by habitat loss.

Its breeding season lasts from October to December, peaking in November.

From the Wikipedia article “Madagascar pratincole” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Madagascar_pratincole&oldid=1359017936), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the madagascar pratincole endangered?

The madagascar pratincole is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the madagascar pratincole classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyGlareolidae
  6. genusGlareola
  7. SpeciesGlareola ocularis J. Verreaux, 1833
Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • Madagascan pratincoleEnglish
  • Madagascan pratincoleEnglish
  • MAPREnglish
  • أبو اليسر المدغشقريArabic
  • Мадагаскарски огърличникBulgarian
  • perdiu de mar de MadagascarCatalan
  • ouhorlík madagaskarskýCzech
  • cwtiad-wennol MadagasgarWelsh
  • MadagaskarbraksvaleDanish
  • Madagascar BraksvaleDanish
  • MadagaskarbrachschwalbeGerman
  • Madagaskar-BrachschwalbeGerman
  • madagaskara glareoloEsperanto
  • Canastera malgacheSpanish
  • madagaskari pääsujooksurEstonian
  • madagaskarinpääskykahlaajaFinnish
  • Glaréole malgacheFrench
  • madagaskarska pješčarkaCroatian
  • madagaszkári székicsérHungarian
  • Pernice di mare del MadagascarItalian
  • チャバラツバメチドリJapanese
  • madagaskarinė kregždūnėLithuanian
  • VikovikoMalagasy
  • VorombatoMalagasy
  • MadagaskarvorkstaartplevierDutch
  • madagaskarbrakksvaleNorwegian
  • żwirowiec madagaskarskiPolish
  • perdiz-do-mar-malgaxePortuguese
  • perdiz-do-mar-de-madagascarPortuguese
  • perdiz-do-mar-de-madagáscarPortuguese
  • Мадагаскарская тиркушкаRussian
  • prieložník krátkochvostýSlovak
  • Madagaskarski zijavacSerbian
  • madagaskarvadarsvalaSwedish
  • Kara BataklıkkırlangıcıTurkish
  • дерихвіст мадагаскарськийUkrainian
  • 马岛燕鸻Chinese
  • 馬達加斯加燕鴴Chinese

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Relatives of the madagascar pratincole

Other species in the same genus Glareola.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the madagascar pratincole?

An adult madagascar pratincole weighs 82 g – 103 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the madagascar pratincole endangered?

The madagascar pratincole is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the madagascar pratincole?

The madagascar pratincole (Glareola ocularis) belongs to the family Glareolidae in the order Charadriiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Madagascar pratincole (Glareola ocularis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/madagascar-pratincole

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{madagascar_pratincole_2026,
  title = {Madagascar pratincole (Glareola ocularis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/madagascar-pratincole},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}