Bird families · Charadriiformes

Coursers, Pratincoles

Glareolidae · 17 species

Coursers, Pratincoles (Glareolidae) is a family of 17 bird species in the order Charadriiformes. They live mostly in grassland, shrubland, desert habitats. The smallest is the Grey Pratincole and the largest the Bronze-winged Courser.

• Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella
• Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
• Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
• Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus
• Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
• Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
• Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
• Grey Pratincole Glareola cinerea
• Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
• Jerdon's Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus
• Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis
• Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
• Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
• Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
• Somali Courser Cursorius somalensis
• Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
• Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus