Coursers, Pratincoles

Rock Pratincole

Glareola nuchalis

The Rock Pratincole (Glareola nuchalis) is a 63 g cliff and rock bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Coursers, Pratincoles

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

63 g

Habitat

Rock

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

22

Recorded in Uganda, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Botswana, Gabon, Cameroon, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Republic of the Congo, Central African Rep., Nigeria, S. Sudan, Mali.

Where to see it: Fleuve Mono NT Boat Trip (Togo); Tiwai Island Wildlife Sanctuary (Sierra Leone); PN de la Lopé · La Lopé Lodge (Gabon); Outamba-Kilimi NP (Sierra Leone); Rápidos de Surire, south of Saltinho, Tombali (Guinea-Bissau).

Photo: (c) Roland Godon, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist