Tag: Glareola nordmanni

International Single Species Action Planfor the Conservation of theBlack-winged Pratincole

Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni) Science Article 1 abstract The Black-winged Pratincole breeds mainly in the steppe and desert belt of Eurasia from Romaniaand Ukraine in the west to the Russian part of the Altai and to Kazakhstan in the east. It winters inAfrica south of the Sahara desert. Migration through the Middle East countries such […]

Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)

[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Glareolidae | [latin] Glareola nordmanni | [UK] Black-winged Pratincole | [FR] Glareole a ailes noires | [DE] Schwarzflugel-Brachschwalbe | [ES] Canastera Alinegra | [NL] Steppenvorkstaartplevier Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Black-winged Pratincole is 24–28 cm long, with short legs, long pointed wings and a long forked tail. It has a short […]