Glareola nordmanni
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
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.
It is 24–28 cm (9.4–11.0 in) long, with short legs, long pointed wings and a forked tail. It has a short bill, which is an adaptation to aerial feeding. The back and head are brown, and the wings are brown with black flight feathers. The belly is white and the underwings are black. Very good views are needed to distinguish this species from other pratincoles, such as the collared pratincole and the oriental pratincole which may occur in its range. It is marginally larger than the collared pratincole, and is shorter-tailed and longer legged. Although the dark underwing and lack of a white trailing edge to the wing are diagnostic, these features are not always readily seen in the field, especially as the chestnut underwing of the collared pratincole appears black unless excellent views are obtained.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 2 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 3 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abu Dhabi | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-winged Pratincole sighting in Abu Dhabi on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 144th most-seen of the 159 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-winged Pratincole in Abu Dhabi on a given day, against under 5% in May to March, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-winged Pratincole sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Abu Dhabi, in our data
Abu Dhabi is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Black-winged Pratincole sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Charadriiformes
The closest relatives of the Black-winged Pratincole that you can see in Abu Dhabi (order Charadriiformes, Shorebirds and Allies) are Red-wattled Lapwing (about 50%), Black-headed Gull (about 30%) and Common Sandpiper (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-winged Pratincole is recorded against all the birds logged in Abu Dhabi (8 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
