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 Mana Pools National Park
Three-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus cinctus
Bronze-winged Courser
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
Temminck's Courser
Cursorius temminckii
White-headed Lapwing
Vanellus albiceps
Water Thick-knee
Burhinus vermiculatus
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus
📅 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 Mana Pools National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Collared Pratincole sighting in Mana Pools National Park, based on 9 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Collared Pratincole in Mana Pools National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Collared Pratincole in Mana Pools National Park in our monthly data.