Black-winged pratincole / Schwarzflügel-Brachschwalbe (Glareola nordmanni)
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Observations
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Classification: Genus Glareola (Glareola); Family Glareolidae (Glareolidae)General:
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.[2]
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Vocalization:
Also see Collared Pratincole. Differs from latter by the hard parts being dryer, more clicking and staccato, while the more melodic components are more mewing. Like with Collared Pratincole beware confusion risk with Little Tern, which is similar in timbre. [Link]