about the size of a starling......
it does not look silly at all......
not that silly that it needs to cover its face ....
Pratincoles & Coursers Family Glareolidae
Re: Bird Photos - Not Park Specific
For Richprins who finds that these birds looks silly
Collared Pratincoles, photographed near Maputo, last weekend.
Collared Pratincoles, photographed near Maputo, last weekend.
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I told you they were water birds!
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Re: Pratincole in Kruger
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Re: Pratincole in Kruger
Lis!
Habitat
Wetland margins and open areas near water.
Habitat
Wetland margins and open areas near water.
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Re: Pratincole in Kruger
that does not make them sea birds or waders
or silly looking.......
the future is not what it used to be
Re: Pratincole in Kruger
They belong to the same familly as coursers, so not really waders, and to the same order as plovers or sandpipers, so not so far either...