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Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni   [JG Fischer von Waldheim, 1842]
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Order: Charadriiformes Family: Glareolidae
BTO Codes: KW, BLWPR EURING No: 4670
Number in Britain: 1 record/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Not Assessed
European: 1 Global Conservation Concern; Endangered
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 25 cm Wingspan: 64 cm Weight: M/F: 96 g    
Scientific name from: L.: glarea=gravel and after Alexander von Nordmann (1803-66) Finnish/Russian naturalist and explorer
World Distribution: BREEDS: se Europe to c Asia: WINTERS: Africa
Habitat: Steppe, dry flats
Diet: Mostly insects, especially beetles and grasshoppers/locusts (Orthoptera)
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Records and Distribution
First Record: North Yorkshire, 1909
Total Number of Records (1950-2007): 30 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: July to September
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Angus & Dundee (1996), Northeast (1976), Shetland (1927),
   North-east England: North Yorkshire (1909),
   North-west England: Cheshire (1988), Cumbria (2000), Lancashire (1997),
   English Midlands: Leicestershire (1986), Northamptonshire (1969),
   Eastern England: Cambridgeshire (1982), Essex (1960), Norfolk (1999), Suffolk (1993),
   South-east England: Berkshire (1976), Kent (1988), West Sussex (1981),
   South-west England: Cornwall (1993), Somerset (1968),
   Wales: Anglesey (2001), Flintshire (1988), Gwent (2001),

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Other Names
Gaelic: Welsh: Cwtiadwennol Aden-ddu
Danish: Sortvinget braksvale Dutch: Steppevorkstaartplevier
Finnish: Aropääskykahlaaja French: Glaréole à ailes noires
German: Schwarzflügel-Brachschwalbe Hungarian: Feketeszárnyú székicsér
Icelandic: Stepputrítill Irish: Pratancól Dubheiteach
Italian: Pernice di mare orientale Norwegian: Steppebrakksvale
Polish: Zwirowiec stepowy Portuguese: Perdiz-do-mar-d'asa-preta
Spanish: Canastera alinegra Swedish: Svartvingad vadarsvala
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.24, June 2009). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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