Collared Pratincole
Glareola pratincola
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyGlareolidae (Pratincoles and Coursers)
- GenusGlareola (Typical Pratincoles)
- SpeciesGlareola pratincola (Collared Pratincole)
Closest Relatives at Lake Nakuru National Park
Double-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus africanus
Temminck's Courser
Cursorius temminckii
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
Grey-hooded Gull
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Collared Pratincole in Lake Nakuru National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Collared Pratincole sighting in Lake Nakuru National Park, based on 6 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Collared Pratincole in Lake Nakuru National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Collared Pratincole in Lake Nakuru National Park in our monthly data.