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Short legs, long pointed wings, short bills and long forked tails. Brown back and head, brown wings with black flight feathers, white belly, chestnut underwings. | Short legs, long pointed wings, short bills and long forked tails. Brown back and head, brown wings with black flight feathers, white belly, chestnut underwings. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Breeds eastern [[Asia]]; winters [[India]] to [[Southeast Asia]], [[Philippines]] and [[Australasia]]. | + | Breeds eastern [[Asia]]; winters [[India]] to [[Southeast Asia]], [[Philippines]] and [[Australasia]]. Accidental vagrant to [[Alaska]] (2 records). |
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
A monotypic species. | A monotypic species. | ||
Revision as of 14:34, 22 August 2008
- Glareola maldivarum
Identification
Short legs, long pointed wings, short bills and long forked tails. Brown back and head, brown wings with black flight feathers, white belly, chestnut underwings.
Distribution
Breeds eastern Asia; winters India to Southeast Asia, Philippines and Australasia. Accidental vagrant to Alaska (2 records).
Taxonomy
A monotypic species.
Habitat
Open country, often seen near water in the evening.
Behaviour
They hunt their insect prey on the wing.
2-3 eggs are laid on the ground.
