pratincole in English
noun
1
a long-winged, fork-tailed, insectivorous bird related to the plovers, resembling a swallow in flight and typically living near water.
Its head looked more jaeger-like than anything, and I wondered whether it was a pratincole .
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1. "L." elegans (Late Oligocene?/Early Miocene of St-Gérand-le-Puy, France) and "L." totanoides (Late Oligocene?/Early Miocene of SE France) are now in Laricola, while "L." dolnicensis (Early Miocene of Czech Republic) was actually a pratincole; it is now placed in Mioglareola.