The opinions of Plains-wanderers

["Peter Shute" <>]

 wrote on :

> And lets not forget Oriental Plover, Oriental Pratincole and
> Australian Pratincole.  Actually, when you think about it
> there's an awful lot of non-wading waders...

Hmm, pratincoles are in there, but they're in the same branch of the
tree as gulls and buttonquails.  I wonder if this mixed up selection
really represents an older taxonomy being superimposed over a new one.

Peter Shute
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