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Species
Stiltia isabella Vieillot, 1816
Nomenclature
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Family: GlareolidaeGenus: Stiltia
Species:
Stiltia isabella Vieillot, 1816
Usage:
valid
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
Australian Pratincole, Australian Courser, Long-legged/Isabelline Pratincole
SUMMARY
The Australian Pratincole is a long-legged, slim-bodied bird with an upright stance and elegant posture when perched. It is sandy-olive with very long, narrow, pointed black wings, and has a deep chestnut brown and black patch on its flanks. When breeding, the bill is bright red at the base and on the gape, the legs and feet are dark grey, brownish or dark red. When not breeding, the plumage is duller, the bill mostly black, with blackish spotting on the throat and smaller flank-marks. The Australian Pratincole is also known as the Pratincole, Arnhem Land Grouse, Australian Courser, Roadrunner, Nankeen Plover and the Swallow-plover.