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Oriental pratincole migration Glareola maldivarum
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| Scientific name | Glareola maldivarum |
|---|---|
| Wingspan | 61 cm |
| Adult weight | 76 g (adult) |
| IUCN status | Least concern |
| Records mapped | 65,927 (GBIF) |
| GPS / geolocator tracks | none with an open licence yet |
Facts from Wikidata Q116708 (CC0).
Migration in the data
65,927 GBIF records (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 licences only) are mapped here, in 1.41° grid cells, month by month.
In East Asia and Australasia, the centre of the records (adjusted for observer effort) is furthest north in May (about 20°N) and furthest south in January (about 13°S).
More than half of the effort-adjusted signal there is south of the Equator in: January, November, December.
Month by month: centre of records in East Asia and Australasia
| Month | Centre (latitude) | South of the Equator |
|---|---|---|
| January | 13°S | 83% |
| February | 1°N | 32% |
| March | 12°N | 8% |
| April | 18°N | 1% |
| May | 20°N | 0% |
| June | 20°N | 1% |
| July | 20°N | 1% |
| August | 19°N | 0% |
| September | 20°N | 1% |
| October | 13°N | 13% |
| November | 3°S | 63% |
| December | 11°S | 84% |
Tracked birds
No openly licensed (CC0 / CC BY) tracking data package for this species was found in the Movebank Data Repository yet, so only records are shown.
About the oriental pratincole
The oriental pratincole, also known as the grasshopper-bird or swallow-plover, is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae.
From the Wikipedia article “Oriental pratincole” (revision 1370724887), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sources
GBIF occurrence records, licence CC0 1.0 or CC BY 4.0 only, observations only (no specimens), filtered with: taxonKey=2480759&license=CC0_1_0&license=CC_BY_4_0&occurrenceStatus=PRESENT&hasGeospatialIssue=false&basisOfRecord=HUMAN_OBSERVATION&basisOfRecord=MACHINE_OBSERVATION&basisOfRecord=OBSERVATION. Monthly queries: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec. GBIF.org (23 October 2026) occurrence data accessed via the GBIF API; a GBIF download DOI is still to be added. Contributing datasets.