Black-winged Pratincole
Glareola nordmanni
Wetlands and farmlands. Dark brown above; buff throat edged black; buff breast; white belly and rump; underwings show all black.
Coursers, Pratincoles
NT
Not Endemic
Description
Locally common summer visitor. Seen mostly in non-breeding plumage, when it lacks the black collar. Differs from [Collared Pratincole] in entirely blackish underwings, less red on the gape and slightly more extensive yellow-buff coloration on the lower breast. Flocks on floodlands, estuaries, lakesides and farmlands. Behaviour the same as [Collared Pratincole].
Quick Facts
Size
25 cm - M
Names
A: Swartvlerksprinkaanvoël
Ss: Lehlakangwato La Lepheontsho
G: Schwarzflügel-Brachschwalbe
Bird Family
Pratincoles are migratory and nomadic birds with very short legs in relation to the length of their bodies. At rest or in their elegant, often erratic flight they resemble terns. They feed mostly in the air, in flocks. Their calls are of a ‘kip-kip-kip…' nature. The related coursers are more lapwing-like with erect stance, but unlike plovers lack a hind toe; they are terrestrial feeders. Sexes are alike in both groups.
Distribution
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Behaviour
Breeding
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