Madagascar Pratincole

When to see the Madagascar Pratincole

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 4 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Madagascar Pratincole

The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 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 Mayotte.

About the Madagascar Pratincole

The Madagascar pratincole is a species of bird in the family Glareolidae. It is a migratory species, breeding across Madagascar before migrating to East Africa during the austral winter (May-August), where it is mainly found near the coast between Somalia and Mozambique. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, freshwater lakes, rocky shores, and intertidal marshes; as it migrates to the coast of East Africa. It is the rarest species in the Glareola genus, and is threatened by habitat loss.

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Easily confused with

Grey PratincoleGlareola cinereaThe grey pratincole is a species of bird, in the family Glareolidae. Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalisThe rock pratincole (Glareola nuchalis) is a native African wading bird. Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanniIt is 24–28 cm (9.4–11.0 in) long, with short legs, long pointed wings and a forked tail.