Glareola
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See also: glareola
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin glārea (“gravel”) + diminutive -ola.
Proper noun
Glareola f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Glareolidae – most species of pratincoles.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Charadriiformes – order; Charadrii – suborder; Glareolidae – family; Glareolinae – subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Glareola pratincola (collared pratincole) – type species; Glareola maldivarum (oriental pratincole), Glareola nordmanni (black-winged pratincole), Glareola ocularis (Madagascar pratincole), Glareola nuchalis (rock pratincole), Glareola cinerea (grey pratincole), Glareola lactea (small pratincole) – other species
References
Glareola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Glareola on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Glareola on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
