Black-winged Pratincole
Glareola nordmanniFischer von Waldheim, G, 1842
English (US) Black-winged Pratincole
The Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Glareolidae (Coursers and Pratincoles) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds saline steppe near water from central Ukraine and southwestern Russia eastward to eastern Kazakhstan; winters in grassland near water of eastern Namibia, Botswana, and northern South AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Glareola nordmanni
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Black-winged Pratincole
- Described by
- Fischer von Waldheim, G, 1842
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Glareola Nordmanni
- Described by
- Fischer von Waldheim, G, 1842
- Type locality
- Steppes of southern Russia.
- Original description
- Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 15 p.314 pl.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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