- English Common Name
- Oriental Pratincole
- Scientific name
- Glareola maldivarum
- Taxonomy
- Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Glareolidae
- Size
- About 26 cm
- Species Distribution
- Southeast Asia, India, China, Hainan Island, Taiwan, Philippines, New Guinea, and Australia
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
- Although it is not a swallow, it is given “Tsubame” as its Japanese common name because its tail splits in two and it catches insects in the air much like a swallow. The number is small, but some come to Okinawa Prefecture as migratory or summer birds to breed.
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- Updated June 2018
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