Black-winged Pratincole
Glareola nordmanni
NTNear Threatened
- Family
- Coursers and Pratincoles (Glareolidae)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Overview
The black-winged pratincole (Glareola nordmanni) is a wader in the pratincole bird family, Glareolidae. The genus name is a diminutive of Latin glarea, "gravel", referring to a typical nesting habitat for pratincoles. The species name commemorates the Finnish-born zoologist and explorer Alexander von Nordmann.
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Range and habitat
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 Africa.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Countries
- Angola
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Botswana
- Bulgaria
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Denmark
- DR Congo
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Libya
- Mali
- Moldova
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Palestine
- Poland
- Russia
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Black-winged pratincole
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
