Angola (NB) (P), Armenia (B), Azerbaijan (B), Bahrain (P), Belarus (B), Botswana (NB), Bulgaria (B), Burundi (NB) (P), Cameroon, Central African Republic (P), Chad (NB) (P), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (NB) (P), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska), Cyprus (NB) (P), Egypt (NB) (P), Eritrea (P), Ethiopia (NB) (P), Georgia, Greece (NB) (P), Hungary (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (P), Iraq (B) (P), Israel (P), Kazakhstan (B), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon (P), Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mali (NB) (P), Mauritania (NB) (P), Moldova [Republic of] (B), Morocco, Namibia (NB), Niger, Nigeria (NB) (P), Oman (P), Qatar (P), Romania (E) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B) (P), Rwanda (NB) (P), Saudi Arabia (P), South Africa (NB), Sudan (NB) (P), Tanzania [United Republic of] (NB), Turkey (B) (NB) (P), Uganda (NB) (P), Ukraine (B), Uzbekistan, Zambia (NB) (P), Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Austria, Belgium, Côte dIvoire (NB), Czech Republic, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, Gabon (NB), Germany, Ghana (NB), Guinea, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya (NB) (P), Latvia, Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of], Montenegro, Netherlands Antilles, Norway, Poland, Sâo Tomé e Principe (NB), Serbia, Seychelles (NB), Slovakia (Slovak Republic), Somalia (P), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic (P), Togo (NB), United Arab Emirates (P), United Kingdom, Yemen (P).
Romania, eastern through Ukraine to south-western Russia and northern Kazakhstan. Winters in southern Africa and, more irregularly, in western Africa.
Population
Estimated population is 100,000 - 499,999 (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Destruction and degradation of habitat by changes to land use, including conversion to grazing are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
A high, harsh, tern-like 'kik' or 'kirrik'. Sometimes a rolling 'kikki-kirrik-irrik'.
Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni) [XC301539]
by Stanislas Wroza from Mdutjana (near Libangeni), Nkangala, Mpumalanga, South Africa (call, flight call)
Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni) [XC145082]
by Thijs Fijen from Korgalzhyn region, Akmola, Kazakhstan (flight call)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarum) and Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola), although some authorities exclude current species from the superspecies. At one time erroneously considered a color morph of Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola). Also on occasion considered a subspecies of Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola).
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola) which overlaps in range and is very similar, but has white trailing edge to secondaries and, as does Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarum), chestnut-wing linings.
References
See References.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet