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Glareolidae Brehm, 1831

AphiaID

196043 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196043)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Charadriiformes

Direct children (2)

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Genus Cursorius Latham, 1790
Genus Glareola Brisson, 1760

Environment

marine, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Glareolidae Brehm, 1831. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196043 on 2026-09-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-27 19:49:34Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2020-06-25 07:35:06Z

changed

Decock, Wim

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Not documented

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Dutch	renvogels en vorkstaartplevieren	[details]
English	pratincoles	[details]
Japanese	ツバメチドリ科	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	brakksvalefamilien	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	brakksvalefamilien	[details]
Swedish	vadarsvalor	[details]

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