Australian Pratincole
Stiltia isabella Vieillot, 1816
Glareolidae — Coursers, Pratincoles
Australian Pratincole, Stiltia isabella, is a bird of the Glareolidae family found in tropical to subtropical open plains across northern, central and inland south-eastern Australia, from north-eastern Western Australia to western Queensland and central New South Wales. Outside the breeding season it moves to tropical open fields in Java, the Sulawesi region, the Lesser Sundas, central and southern Moluccas, and the New Guinea region apart from the north. It is a migratory species with an irregular presence across its range.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Glareolidae — Coursers, Pratincoles
- Breeding range
- Australasia: tropical to subtropical open plains of n, c to inland se Australia: ne WA to w QLD and c NSW
- Nonbreeding range
- to tropical open fields of Java, Sulawesi region, Lesser Sundas, c, s Moluccas and New Guinea region (except n)
