Collared Pratincole
Glareola pratincola(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Collared Pratincole
The Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola) 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.
- Scientific name
- Glareola pratincola
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Collared Pratincole
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Glareola pratincola pratincola
- Glareola pratincola fuelleborni
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Hirundo Pratincola
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Shores of southern Europe and in Austria, restricted type locality, Austria, B. O. U. Committee.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.345
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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