Coursers and Pratincoles (Glareolidae)

Rock Pratincole (Glareola nuchalis) - HBW 3, p. 383

French: Glaréole auréolée German: Halsband-Brachschwalbe Spanish: Canastera Sombría
Other common names: Collared Pratincole(!); Chestnut-collared/Rufous-collared Pratincole (liberiae); White-collared Pratincole (nuchalis)

Taxonomy: Glareola nuchalis G. R. Gray, 1849, Fifth Cataract of the Nile near Berber, Sudan.
Sometimes placed in Galachrysia with G. cinerea and G. lactea. Race liberiae sometimes considered a megasubspecies. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

liberiae Schlegel, 1881 - Sierra Leone to W Cameroon.
nuchalis G. R. Gray, 1849 - Chad E to Uganda, extreme W Kenya and Ethiopia, and S to R Zambezi in Zambia, NE Namibia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Least Concern

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Two birds on a rock Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda
Krzysztof Blachowiak 15 February 2011 45 weeks ago 4
Two birds siiting on a rock Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Arti 7 February 2011 1 year ago 3.9
A bird on the rocks in the Mana River Locality Korup National Park, Southwest Province, Cameroon (ssp liberiae)
Ian Fulton 20 March 2006 3 years ago 2.7
A pair on the Chobe River Locality Chobe National Park, North-West District, Botswana
Lindsay Hansch 13 September 2007 2 years ago 2.5
Two birds on a rock in the Nile river Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda
Robert Wynands 26 August 2009 3 years ago 1.7
Two birds on a rock in the Nile river Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda
Robert Wynands 26 August 2009 3 years ago 1.5
Two birds perched on a rock in the Epulu river. Locality Epulu, Ituri Province, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (ssp nuchalis)
Tommy Pedersen 13 July 1991 1 year ago 1.4