Oriental Pratincole
Glareola maldivarum
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyGlareolidae (Pratincoles and Coursers)
- GenusGlareola (Typical Pratincoles)
- SpeciesGlareola maldivarum (Oriental Pratincole)
Closest Relatives at Keoladeo National Park
Small Pratincole
Glareola lactea
Indian Courser
Cursorius coromandelicus
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
Bronze-winged Jacana
Metopidius indicus
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
White-tailed Lapwing
Vanellus leucurus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
River Tern
Sterna aurantia
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 3 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 6 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 9 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 10 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 12 | Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 13 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 14 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 15 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Oriental Pratincole in Keoladeo National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Oriental Pratincole sighting in Keoladeo National Park, based on 13 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Oriental Pratincole in Keoladeo National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Oriental Pratincole in Keoladeo National Park in our monthly data.