WoRMS taxon details
Glareola pratincola (Linnaeus, 1766)
212723 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212723)
accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Length: 24-27 cm. Plumage: dark brown above to chest; upper belly ochre, lower belly and crissum white; conspicuous white...
Description Length: 24-27 cm. Plumage: dark brown above to chest; upper belly ochre, lower belly and crissum white; conspicuous white patch on lower rump and upper tail coverts; axillaries dark red; chin ochre yellow finely edged black, extending from gape; fine pale training edge to wing in flight; tail black; deeply forked. Immature mottled buff above and below, no black collar. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill black with a red base; feet and legs greyish black. Habitat: estuaries and various other habitats both coastal and inland. Resident; breeds in eastern Africa. <389><391><393> [details]
WoRMS (2025). Glareola pratincola (Linnaeus, 1766). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212723 on 2025-12-06
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
Other
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Length: 24-27 cm. Plumage: dark brown above to chest; upper belly ochre, lower belly and crissum white; conspicuous white patch on lower rump and upper tail coverts; axillaries dark red; chin ochre yellow finely edged black, extending from gape; fine pale training edge to wing in flight; tail black; deeply forked. Immature mottled buff above and below, no black collar. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill black with a red base; feet and legs greyish black. Habitat: estuaries and various other habitats both coastal and inland. Resident; breeds in eastern Africa. <389><391><393> [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | dallëndyshja e detitbishtdallëndyshe | [details] |
| Bulgarian | Кафявокрил огърличник | [details] |
| Danish | rødvinget braksvale | [details] |
| Dutch | vorkstaartplevier | [details] |
| English | common pratincolecollared pratincole | [details] |
| Fon | glaréole à collier | [details] |
| German | Rotflügel-Brachschwalbe | [details] |
| Hebrew | שדמית אדומת-כנףשדמית | [details] |
| Italian | pernice di mare | [details] |
| Lithuanian | pievinė kregždūnė | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Κοινό Νεροχελίδονο | [details] |
| Norwegian | brakksvale | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | brakksvale | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | brakksvale | [details] |
| Polish | żwirowiec łąkowy | [details] |
| Romanian | ciovică roşiatică | [details] |
| Russian | луговая тиркушка | [details] |
| Slovenian | rjava komatna tekica | [details] |
| Spanish | canastera común | [details] |
| Swedish | rödvingad vadarsvala | [details] |
| Turkish | bataklık kırlangıcıbataklik kirlangici | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Дерихвіст степовийДерихвіст лучний | [details] |
| Welsh | cwtiad-wennol dorchog | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (467 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Glareola pratincola)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 13808 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (467 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Glareola pratincola)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 13808 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
