Black-winged Pratincole (Swartvlerksprinkaanvoël)

Glareola nordmanni (305)

Zulu name: -

Other names: -

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Black-winged Pratincole
Canon 50D
400mm focal length
December 2009 Devon, Mpumulanga Adult
Black-winged Pratincole
Canon 50D
400mm focal length
1/1250 sec exposure
F7.1
ISO 400
December 2009 Devon, Mpumulanga Adult
Black-winged Pratincole
Minolta Maxxum 5D
January 2007 Rural Free State Adult

Experiences with species

This was the last of the Pratincole family that I ticked. (And just for good measure we saw them twice on this day in 2007!) They are normally seen "collarless" as they arrive in SA in non breeding plumage.