---
title: "Perdiz-do-mar-oriental"
description: "Glareola maldivarum — Aves. The oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum), also known as the grasshopper-bird or swallow-plover, is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/oriental-pratincole
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Perdiz-do-mar-oriental

> Glareola maldivarum — Aves. The oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum), also known as the grasshopper-bird or swallow-plover, is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae.

- Scientific name: *Glareola maldivarum*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados), `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 3216
- Wikidata: [Q116708](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116708)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4601](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4601)

## Names

- en: Oriental Pratincole
- de: Orientbrachschwalbe
- es: Canastera Oriental
- fr: Glaréole orientale
- nl: Oosterse vorkstaartplevier
- pt: Perdiz-do-mar-oriental
- pl: Żwirowiec orientalny

## Countries with the most observations

TW (1110), TH (427), IN (277), CN (215), HK (211), MY (90), KR (79), SG (56), AU (52), ID (52), VN (49), PH (46)

## Summary

The oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum), also known as the grasshopper-bird or swallow-plover, is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_pratincole

## Photo

![Perdiz-do-mar-oriental](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/oriental-pratincole/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112498176

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/oriental-pratincole?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).