Black-winged Pratincole
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| Scientific name | Glareola nordmanni |
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| Mass | 97 g |
| Conservation status | Near Threatened (Population decreasing) |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Higher classification | Glareola |
| Order | Shorebirds |
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| ID | 3140700 |
About Black-winged Pratincole
The black-winged pratincole 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.
