A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Glareolidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Indian CourserCursorius coromandelicus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | GlareolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor (Latham, 1787) | GlareolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Somali CourserCursorius somalensis Shelley, 1885 | GlareolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii Swainson, 1822 | GlareolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray PratincoleGlareola cinerea Fraser, 1843 | GlareolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little PratincoleGlareola lactea Temminck, 1820 | GlareolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum J. R. Forster, 1795 | GlareolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni Fischer von Waldheim, 1842 | GlareolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis G. R. Gray, 1849 | GlareolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Madagascar PratincoleGlareola ocularis J. Verreaux, 1833 | GlareolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola (Linnaeus, 1766) | GlareolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Double-banded CourserRhinoptilus africanus (Temminck, 1807) | GlareolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jerdon's CourserRhinoptilus bitorquatus (Blyth, 1848) | GlareolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterus (Temminck, 1824) | GlareolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heuglin's CourserRhinoptilus cinctus (Heuglin, 1863) | GlareolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Australian PratincoleStiltia isabella (Vieillot, 1816) | GlareolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.