List of birds of Benin
Pratincoles and coursers
Pratincoles and coursers
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Order: [Charadriiformes](/wiki/Charadriiformes "Charadriiformes")Family: [Glareolidae](/wiki/Glareolidae "Glareolidae")

Glareolidae is a family of wading birds comprising the [pratincoles](/wiki/Pratincole "Pratincole"), which have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails, and the [coursers](/wiki/Courser "Courser"), which have long legs, short wings and long, pointed bills which curve downwards.

* [Temminck's courser](/wiki/Temminck%27s_courser "Temminck's courser"), *Cursorius temminckii*
* [Bronze\-winged courser](/wiki/Bronze-winged_courser "Bronze-winged courser"), *Rhinoptilus chalcopterus*
* [Collared pratincole](/wiki/Collared_pratincole "Collared pratincole"), *Glareola pratincola*
* [Rock pratincole](/wiki/Rock_pratincole "Rock pratincole"), *Glareola nuchalis*
* [Gray pratincole](/wiki/Gray_pratincole "Gray pratincole"), *Glareola cinerea*

What are some examples of birds that have similar characteristics to pratincoles or coursers?