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

Longevity

13 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

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

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Glareola pratincola pratincola (steppe near water, s Europe and n Africa through Turkey, Egypt and the Caucasus through c Asia. except n. to Xinjiang (nw China), s to Pakistan and far nw India)
Glareola pratincola fuelleborni (open ground near water, Sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to c Ethiopia and s Somalia s 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 call

play
pause

Habitat

Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/FloodedPermanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes and FlatsMud Flats and Salt FlatsPastureland