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Common Name

Collared Pratincole

Alternate Names

Common Pratincole, Red Winged Pratincole.

Common Type

Pratincole

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Glareolidae

Genus

Glareola

Species

pratincola

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Collared Pratincol Angola, Iraq

Number of Sub-Species

Two Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Open country but often near water.

Distribution and Range

Breed in diverse locations of southern Europe and western Asia then winter in equitorial Africa and southern east Africa coast.

Food

Usually hunt for insects on the wing but also feed on the ground.

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