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Glareolidae

Glareolidae \Glareolidae\ n. A natural family of Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers.

Syn: family Glareolidae.

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Glareolidae

'''Glareolidae ' is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadri. It contains two distinct groups, the pratincoles and the coursers. The atypical Egyptian plover (Pluvianus aegyptius''), traditionally placed in this family, is now known to be only distantly related.

The family contains 17 species in 5 genera.