MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Glareola Brisson, 1760

WoRMS taxon details

Glareola Brisson, 1760

AphiaID

206753 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206753)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Glareolidae Brehm, 1831

Direct children (7)

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Species Glareola cinerea Fraser, 1843
Species Glareola lactea Temminck, 1820
Species Glareola maldivarum Forster, 1795
Species Glareola nordmanni Fischer, 1842
Species Glareola nuchalis Gray, 1849
Species Glareola ocularis Verreaux, 1833
Species Glareola pratincola (Linnaeus, 1766)

Environment

marine, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Description Size: small. Plumage: long pointed wings; forked tail. Other characters: bill small with a wide gape; legs short, feet with...

Description Size: small. Plumage: long pointed wings; forked tail. Other characters: bill small with a wide gape; legs short, feet with a hind toe; swallow-like in the air, plover-like on the ground.<389> [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Glareola Brisson, 1760. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206753 on 2024-11-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-08-22 05:35:27Z

created

Depew, Lorna

2006-09-12 06:54:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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basis of record Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Unreviewed

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