OTHER NAMES: N/A
Latin Etymology: Glareola ("gravel") nordmanni (for Alexander von Nordmann)
Adult Juvenile in Summer Winter plumage of Species (subspecies ) at Location - Month 20
Featured Subspecies: N/A
Weight: 95g / Length: 24-28cm / Wingspan: 60-68cm
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Near Threatened
The Black-winged pratincole is a species of wet meadows and marshland in open country - breeding from Eastern Europe to Central Asia and Wintering in Southern Africa. Like all Pratincoles, they hawk for insects on the wing more like swallows than other Charadriiformes. Similar in appearance to both Oriental and Collared Pratincole, it can be differentiated by suble plumage differences including the namesake dark underside to the wings.
Related Species:
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Glareolidae
Genus: Glareola
SUBSPECIES: none - monotypic
- Sighting Locations -
UNITED KINGDOM - An occassional vagrant
- A vagrant seen at Finningley, in July 2024.
Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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