- Glareola pratincola
Identification
24–28 cm. Brown head, back and wings, darker flight feathers, chestnut underwings, white belly, short legs, long forked tail, short bill.
Distribution
Southern Palearctic and tropical Africa. Europe, southwest Asia and Africa.
Taxonomy
Subspecies1
- G. p. pratincola - southern Europe to Pakistan; winters sub-Saharan Africa n of 5°N
- G. p. erlangeri - Coastal plains of southern Somalia and northern Kenya
- G. p. fuelleborni - Senegal to southern Kenya, Zaire, Namibia and eastern South Africa
Habitat
Open country, near water in evenings.
Behaviour
The diet includes insects which are aerially hawked.
2-4 eggs are laid on the ground.
Vocalisation
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