Glareolidae

A family that includes the charismatic Jerdon's Courser, whose rediscovery prompted a stamp to be released in its honor. Their numbers are down to a few dozen individuals surviving in the wild, somewhere in the forests of Andhra Pradesh.

Indian Courser

Courser,

Small Pratincole

There was a beautiful sunset happening behind me, but I missed nothing, because this Small Pratincole let me get so close to it that I could see the sunset reflected in its eye.

Pratincole,There was a beautiful sunset happening behind me, but I missed nothing, because this Small Pratincole let me get so close to it that I could see the sunset reflected in its eye.

Temminck's Courser

Courser,

Small Pratincole

Incredibly lucky that this pratincole let us come really close to the Island on which he was perched.

Pratincole,Incredibly lucky that this pratincole let us come really close to the Island on which he was perched.