#1176 · 🐦 birds
Collared Pratincole
🇳🇱 Vorkstaartplevier ·Glareola pratincola
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what is it?
The collared pratincole ( Glareola pratincola ), also known as the common pratincole or red-winged pratincole , is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae. As with other pratincoles, it is native to the Old World....
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 3,950 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 77 g.
- Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Collared Pratincole
- Nederlands
- Vorkstaartplevier
- scientific name
- Glareola pratincola
- class
- Aves
- order
- Charadriiformes
- family
- Glareolidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1,933
- sightings worldwide
- 3,950
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,157
- weight
- 77 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1766
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Glareolidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 4604, Wikidata Q330310, GBIF 2480757, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.