Oriental pratincole
Glareola maldivarum J. R. Forster, 1795
The oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum) is a species in the family Glareolidae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 75.2 g to 76.8 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the oriental pratincole
- Weight
- 75.2 g – 76.8 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Wingspan
- 58 cm – 64 cmsrc for Wingspan
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grasslandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2.4src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Migratorysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
How big is the oriental pratincole?
Where does the oriental pratincole live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The oriental pratincole is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
What is the oriental pratincole?
The oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum), also known as the grasshopper-bird or swallow-plover, is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae.
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What does the oriental pratincole sound like?
Is the oriental pratincole endangered?
The oriental pratincole is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the oriental pratincole classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderCharadriiformes
- familyGlareolidae
- genusGlareola
- SpeciesGlareola maldivarum J. R. Forster, 1795
Synonyms Glareola coromanda, Glareola madraspatana, Glareola maldivarus, Glareola malidivarum, Glareola orientalis, Glareola pratincola maldivarum
Other names and names in other languages (60)
- أبو اليسر شرقيArabic
- Източен огърличникBulgarian
- Glareell ar reterBreton
- perdiu de mar orientalCatalan
- ouhorlík východníCzech
- ouhorlík indomalajskýCzech
- Cwtiad-wennol dwyreiniolWelsh
- OrientbraksvaleDanish
- Orient-braksvaleDanish
- OrientbrachschwalbeGerman
- Orient-BrachschwalbeGerman
- RostbrustbrachschwalbeGerman
- Ανατολικό ΝεροχελίδονοGreek
- orienta glareoloEsperanto
- Canastera orientalSpanish
- ida-pääsujooksurEstonian
- گلاریول شرقیPersian
- مرغ چمن شرقیPersian
- aasianpääskykahlaajaFinnish
- Glaréole orientaleFrench
- Glaréole des MaldivesFrench
- Pratancól oirthearachIrish
- Pratincoyl yn NiarManx
- שדמיתHebrew
- שדמית מזרחיתHebrew
- kratkorepa pješčarkaCroatian
- keleti székicsérHungarian
- Terik asiaIndonesian
- SvölutrítillIcelandic
- Pernice di mare dal collareItalian
- ツバメチドリJapanese
- ទន្ទ្រីតធំKhmer
- 제비물떼새Korean
- rytinė kregždūnėLithuanian
- austrumu bezdelīgtārtiņšLatvian
- വലിയ മീവൽക്കാടMalayalam
- Ухаа хөгтMongolian
- प्राच्य आर्लीMarathi
- Burung Kedidi PadangMalay
- Táshchozhii jáádnézí bizééʼ diniltsxooígííNavajo
- ठूलो पानीगौंथलीNepali
- Oosterse vorkstaartplevierDutch
- orientbrakksvaleNorwegian
- żwirowiec orientalnyPolish
- perdiz-do-mar-orientalPortuguese
- восточная тиркушкаRussian
- ÁsiaspálfogálánNorthern Sami
- prieložník olivovýSlovak
- orientalska komatna tekicaSlovenian
- Orijentalni zijavacSerbian
- orientvadarsvalaSwedish
- orientalisk vadarsvalaSwedish
- தோல்குருவிTamil
- นกแอ่นทุ่งใหญ่Thai
- kısa kuyruklu bataklık kırlangıcıTurkish
- Дерихвіст мальдивськийUkrainian
- дерихвіст забайкальськийUkrainian
- 燕鴴Chinese
- 普通燕鸻Chinese
- 燕鴴〔東方燕鴴〕Chinese
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Relatives of the oriental pratincole
Other species in the same genus Glareola.
Collared pratincole
Glareola pratincola
Black-winged pratincole
Glareola nordmanni
Small pratincole
Glareola lactea
Rock pratincole
Glareola nuchalis
Grey pratincole
Glareola cinerea
Madagascar pratincole
Glareola ocularis
CompareOriental pratincole vs Collared pratincoleOriental pratincole vs Black-winged pratincoleOriental pratincole vs Small pratincoleOriental pratincole vs Rock pratincole
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the oriental pratincole?
An adult oriental pratincole weighs 75.2 g – 76.8 g and has a wingspan of 58 cm – 64 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the oriental pratincole live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the oriental pratincole for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the oriental pratincole endangered?
The oriental pratincole is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the oriental pratincole?
The oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum) belongs to the family Glareolidae in the order Charadriiformes.
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