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	AllRefer.com - pratincole (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
		Swift and graceful flyers, their sharply pointed, decurved bills are broad-based and open wide as adaptations for feeding on the wing.
		They lay from two to four smooth, oval-shaped eggs per clutch; these are dullish and colored, blending with varying soil backgrounds.
		Pratincoles are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Charadriiformes, family Glareolidae.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/pratinco.html (257 words)

	Coursers and Pratincoles
		All species among the Glareolidae feed primarily on insects.
		As many live in hot and arid climates, a good many of the species are crepuscular and rest during the day.
		Sibley and Monroe (1980), working with biochemical evidence, considered the coursers and pratincoles to be a subfamily of an enlarged Glareolidae that included the Crab-Plover.
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/coursers.html (1056 words)

	MavicaNET - Pratincoles, coursers (Glareolidae) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Каталог / Природа / Життя / Тварини / Птахи (Aves) / Ржанкоподібні (Charadriiformes) / Pratincoles, coursers (Glareolidae)
		Каталог / Природа / Життя / Тварини / Птахи (Aves) / Ржанкоподібні (Charadriiformes) / Shorebirds, Gulls (Charadriiformes): Taxonomy / Pratincoles, coursers (Glareolidae)
		This file contains a systematic overview of Glareolidae, featuring links to books, other pages on the web about Glareolidae, pictures etc. Common names in different languages may be also available as well as a short dutch description to the taxon.
	www.mavicanet.com /lite/ukr/22909.html (159 words)

	Courser -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Most live in semideserts, where they chase insects afoot; they can, however, fly strongly with their short wings.
		The crocodile bird is a plover-like courser that derives its name from its frequent association with the Nile crocodile, from whose hide it picks parasites for food.
		Pratincoles are about 20 cm (8 inches) long and are brown with a white rump; the tail is forked, and the wings are long and pointed.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9320493?tocId=9320493 (485 words)

	glareolidae - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		glareolidae : WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=glareolidae (76 words)

	Glareola ocularis - Madagascar Pratincole
		ITIS Standard Report Page: Glareola ocularis -- Go to Print Version, Glareola ocularis Verreaux, 1833 Taxonomic Serial No.: 176776.
		Glareola ocularis, J Verreaux, 1833, Family: Glareolidae, Order:
		Glareola ocularis -- No part of this material can be used in any way without written permision by the
	www.wildmadagascar.org /wildlife/species/birds/Glareola_ocularis.html (149 words)

	worldbirder.com - Bird thumbnails from the search Glareolidae Displaying 1 to 10 of 10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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