GLAREOLIDAE BREHM, 1831

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FAMILY GLAREOLIDAE BREHM, 1831 . – PRATIN-

COLES AND COURSERS

SUBFAMILY GLAREOLINAE (BREHM, 1831) . –

PRATINCOLES

TRIBE STILTIINI , NEW TAXON

Genus Stiltia G. R. Gray, 1855

Stiltia isabella (Vieillot, 1816) . – Australian Pratincole

TRIBE GLAREOLINI (BREHM, 1831) , NEW RANK. –

TYPICAL PRATINCOLES

Genus Glareola Brisson, 1760 . – Greater pratincoles (type: pratincola )

Glareola pratincola (Linnaeus, 1766) . – Collared Pratincole

Glareola maldivarum Forster, 1795 . – Oriental Pratincole

Glareola nordmanni Fischer, 1842 . – Blackwinged Pratincole

Genus Subglareola Mathews, 1913. – Lesser pratincoles (type: ocularis )

Subglareola ocularis Verreaux, 1833 . – Madagascan Pratincole

Subglareola lactea Temminck, 1820 . – Small Pratincole

Subglareola cinerea Fraser, 1843 . – Grey Pratincole

Subglareola nuchalis G. R. Gray, 1849 . – Whitenaped Pratincole

Subglareola liberiae Schlegel, 1881. – Rufousnaped Pratincole

SUBFAMILY CURSORIINAE (G. R. GRAY, 1840) . –

COURSERS

TRIBE PLUVIANIINI (REICHENBACH, 1848)

Genus Pluvianus Vieillot, 1816

Pluvianus aegyptius (Linnaeus, 1758) . – Egyptian Courser

TRIBE CURSORIINI , NEW RANK. – TYPICAL

COURSERS

SUBTRIBE CURSORIINA NEW RANK. – PLAIN-

BREASTED COURSERS

Genus Cursorius Latham, 1790 . – Crowned coursers (type: cursor )

Cursorius temminckii Swainson, 1832 . – Temminck’s Courser

Cursorius coromandelicus (Gmelin, 1789) . – Indian Courser

Cursorius cursor (Latham, 1787) . – Creamcolored Courser

Cursorius rufus (Gould, 1837) . – Burchell’s Courser

Cursorius littoralis Erlanger, 1905 . – Kenyan Courser

SUBTRIBE RHINOPTILINA , NEW TAXON. – BANDED

COURSERS (type: chalcopterus )

Genus Smutsornis Roberts, 1922

Smutsornis africanus (Temminck, 1807) . – Twobanded Courser

Genus Rhinoptilus Strickland, 1852 . – Greater banded coursers

Rhinoptilus cinctus (Heuglin, 1863) . – Heuglin’s Courser

Rhinoptilus chalcopterus Temminck, 1824 . – Bronze-winged Courser

Rhinoptilus bitorquatus (Blyth, 1848) . – Jerdon’s Courser