Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Collared Pratincole at Siruthavoor

Pratincoles are birds that live on the ground around water bodies and have a lapwing-like stature.

Skandan reports,
The scorching May month heat was about to put an end to our birding for a month.But our birding instincts forced Sripad and me for a drive to Siruthavoor today.

We were lucky once once again with this sighting of "*Collared Pratincole*". They are not so common here.

Oriental Pratincole & Collared Pratincole look very similar.
Collared ones
1) have Tail tip reaching the tip of the Closed wings at rest.
2) have White trailing edge in the primaries (visible in flight)
Collared Pratincole - Photo by Skandan
Collared Pratincole - Photo by Skandan


Pictorial differences between Oriental Pratincole vs Collared Paratincole.
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2 comments:

  1. Amila SalgadoMay 27, 2010 at 6:59 PM

    Nice.
    It would be a good bird to get here too.

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