Glareola is a genus of birds in the family Glareolidae.
The genus name is a diminutive of Latin glarea, "gravel", referring to a typical nesting habitat.
1/ Oriental pratincole (Dô nách nâu, Óc cau, Glareola maldivarum), also known as the grasshopper-bird or swallow-plover
The species name maldivarum refers to the type locality, the ocean near the Maldive Islands.
2/ Small pratincole, little pratincole, or small Indian pratincole (Dô nách xám, Glareola lactea)