Madagascar pratincole
| Madagascar pratincole | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Glareolidae |
| Genus: | Glareola |
| Species: | G. ocularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Glareola ocularis (Verreaux, 1833)
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The Madagascan pratincole (Glareola ocularis) is a species of bird in the family Glareolidae. It is found in Comoros, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania, possibly Mauritius, and possibly Réunion. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, freshwater lakes, rocky shores, and intertidal marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Glareola ocularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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