Oriental Pratincole / Glareola maldivarum

Oriental Pratincole , Visakhapatnam 

Oriental Pratincole , Visakhapatnam 
Oriental Pratincole ( Glareola maldivarum ) are short -legged birds with long, narrow and pointed tern like wings . Black bill ashy black legs and feet. Olive brown upper - parts black tail with white base . Found at bare flats of larger rivers , marshes , low lying pastures and fields , often near water and tidal mudflats. Feed on moths, bugs and beetles.

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