Collared Pratincole

Glareola pratincola - Glaréole à collier

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Glaréolidés
Genus
:
Glareola
Species
:
pratincola

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics

Size
: 25 cm
Wingspan
: 30 à 35 cm.
Weight
: 70 à 90 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola) is a species of bird in the Glareolidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Glareola pratincola pratincola (s Europe and n Africa to Pakistan)
Glareola pratincola fuelleborni (Subsaharan w, c, e Africa from Senegal to s Somalia south to e South Africa)

Foreign names

Glaréole à collier,
Canastera común,
perdiz-do-mar-ocidental,
Rotflügel-Brachschwalbe,
székicsér,
Vorkstaartplevier,
Pernice di mare,
rödvingad vadarsvala,
Brakksvale,
prieložník stepný,
ouhorlík stepní,
Rødvinget Braksvale,
pääskykahlaaja,
Rooivlerksprinkaanvoël,
perdiu de mar europea,
Þernutrítill,
żwirowiec łąkowy,
brūnspārnu bezdelīgtārtiņš,
rjava komatna tekica,
Луговая тиркушка,
ニシツバメチドリ,
领燕鸻,
rödvingad vadarsvala,
領燕鴴,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes and Flats ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland