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GrasslandScrapeMedium · 85 g
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This pratincole is 24–28 cm (9.4–11.0 in) long with a 60–70 cm (24–28 in) wingspan. It has short legs, long pointed wings, a long forked tail, and a short bill, which is an adaptation to aerial feeding. The back and head are brown, and the wings are brown with darker flight feathers. The belly is white. The underwings are chestnut, but look dark below. Very good views are needed to distinguish this species from other pratincoles, such as the black-winged pratincole and the oriental pratincole, which may occur in its range.
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When to see the Collared Pratincole
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Collared Pratincole
The map shades 96 countries with regular records, and 13 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Belgium, Germany, Australia, Norway, Finland, Netherlands, Iceland, Ireland, Brazil, Turkmenistan, Sierra Leone, Bosnia & Herzegovina, North Macedonia.
About the Collared Pratincole
The collared pratincole, also known as the common pratincole or red-winged pratincole, is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae. As with other pratincoles, it is native to the Old World.
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Easily confused with
Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarumThe Oriental pratincole has short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails.
Small PratincoleGlareola lacteaThis bird has short legs, long pointed wings and a short tail.
Australian PratincoleGlareola isabellaThe Australian pratincole is a medium-sized slender shorebird with long legs, long pointed wings and a short decurved bill.
Side by side: Collared Pratincole vs Oriental Pratincole · Collared Pratincole vs Small Pratincole · Australian Pratincole vs Collared Pratincole
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