Glareolidae

Taxobox
name = Glareolidae


image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Glareola lactea"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Charadriiformes
familia = Glareolidae
familia_authority = CL Brehm, 1831
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
*Pratincoles
**"Stiltia"
**"Glareola"
*Coursers
**"Pluvianus"
**"Cursorius"
**"Rhinoptilus"

Glareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadri. It contains two distinct groups:
*The pratincoles: these have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails. They typically hunt their insect prey on the wing like swallows
*The coursers: these have long legs, short wings and long pointed bills which curve downwards. They inhabit deserts and similar arid regions.
* Egyptian Plover, "Pluvianus aegyptius"