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Photo by Redbishop
Location: Bet Shean Valley, Israel

Glareola nordmanni

[edit] Identification

24–28 cm

• Brown head and back
• Black flight feathers and under wing
• Buff chin and throat (bordered in summer by a thin black line)
• White belly and rump
• Short black bill with red base
• Black legs
• Long forked tail

[edit] Similar Species

Darker than Collared Pratincole and lacks the light trailing edge to the inner wings.

[edit] Distribution

Photo by lior kislev
Eylat.k20. Israel, May 2007

Breeds from Romania to southwestern Russia and northern Kazakhstan; winters to South Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

A monotypic species.

[edit] Habitat

Open country near water. Breeds on marshes and wet meadows.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

2-4 eggs are laid on the ground.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects, either caught aerially or found on the ground.

[edit] Vocalisation

Call: similar to, but lower-pitched than Collared Pratincole; kettek, pwik-kik-kik

[edit] References

1. Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
2. Collins Field Guide 5th Edition

[edit] External Links