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Oriental Pratincole

Glareola maldivarum

Description:

These birds have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails. They have short bills, which is an adaptation to aerial feeding. The back and head are brown, and the wings are brown with black flight feathers. The belly is white. The underwings are chestnut.

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11 Comments

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Thank you Gerardo :-)

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Fantastic :)

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Thanks Claire!

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

What a neat bird!

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Thanks Laura! This is one of my favorite birds. Love the lipstick like colour on the beak :-)

LauraMaria
LauraMaria 11 years ago

Very crisp photo, I love how much detail on the bird you can see! And it's a very handsome bird indeed. What an awesome spotting

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Thanks Sachin!

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Wonderful,,

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Thanks a lot Atul and Nuwan!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

Great spot!!

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

Superb !

Wild Things
Spotted by
Wild Things

India

Spotted on Mar 18, 2013
Submitted on Mar 19, 2013

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