page_title: List of birds of Madeira
section_title: Pratincoles and coursers
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Madeira / Pratincoles and coursers
caption_attribution_description: Adult collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola) photographed in Lesbos, Greece.
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Madeira. The avifauna of Madeira include a total of 353 species, of which two are endemic, and 9 have been introduced by humans. The two listed species that are extinct. 14 species are globally threatened.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Madeira.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Madeira
  Endemic - a species endemic to Madeira
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Madeira as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
  {Extinct} Extinct globally - a species that no longer exists
context_section_description: Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Glareolidae
  Glareolidae is a family of wading birds comprising the pratincoles, which have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails, and the coursers, which have long legs, short wings and long, pointed bills which curve downwards.
  Cream-colored courser, Cursorius cursor (A)
  Collared pratincole, Glareola pratincola (A)
caption: Collared pratincole
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