The Madagascar pratincole (Glareola ocularis) is a species of bird in the family Glareolidae. It is found in Comoros, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania, possibly Mauritius, and possibly Réunion. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, freshwater lakes, rocky shores, and intertidal marshes; it migrates to the coast of East Africa in the winter.[2] It is the rarest species in the Glareola genus,[2] and is threatened by habitat loss.
| Madagascar pratincole | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Glareolidae |
| Genus: | Glareola |
| Species: | G. ocularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Glareola ocularis Verreaux, 1833
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Its breeding season lasts from October to December, peaking in November.[2]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2021). "Glareola ocularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22694140A180116686. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22694140A180116686.en. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ a b c "Breeding Record of the Indian Pratincole Glareola maldivarum in Tochigi Prefecture, Central Honshu". Japanese Journal of Ornithology. 35 (4): 166–168. 1987. doi:10.3838/jjo.35.166. ISSN 0913-400X.
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