The name "Pratincole" comes from the term pratincola coined by German naturalist Wilhelm Heinrich Kramer from the Latin words prātum meadow and incola resident. The Pratincoles or Greywaders is a part of the Glareolidae family just like coursers and Egyptian Plover. They have long forked tails with pointed wings and short legs. These birds are waders and have the unusual feature that they hunt their insect prey on the wing like swallows. They can also feed on the ground. They have adapted their short bills due to their aerial feeding. With fast and graceful flight like swallow or a tern, they track their prey with many turns and twist. They are mainly active at dawn and dusk, and rest when the day is warmest.The partincoles prefer warm places of the world similar to the coursers, they are mainly found in the southern Europe and Africa east through Asia to Australia. Species breeding in temperate regions are long distance migrants. They lay two to four eggs on the ground in a bare scrape. The Australian Pratincole, the only species not in the genus Glareola, is more terrestrial than the other pratincoles, and may be intermediate between this group and the coursers.
Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India. The park—named for the hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett who played a key role in its establishment—was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park. Situated in Nainital district of Uttarakhand the park acts as a protected area for the endangered Bengal tiger of India, the secure survival of which is the main objective of Project Tiger, an Indian wildlife protection initiative
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