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Oriental Pratincole

Glareola maldivarum

Photo by Wild Things
Published on Project Noah
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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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Comments (11)

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

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