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 Queen Elizabeth National Park
Black-winged Pratincole
Glareola nordmanni
Rock Pratincole
Glareola nuchalis
Temminck's Courser
Cursorius temminckii
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus
African Wattled Lapwing
Vanellus senegallus
Water Thick-knee
Burhinus vermiculatus
Senegal Lapwing
Vanellus lugubris
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Grey-hooded Gull
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
📅 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 Queen Elizabeth National Park?
About 13% of visitor-days record a Collared Pratincole sighting in Queen Elizabeth National Park, based on 176 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Collared Pratincole in Queen Elizabeth National Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for Collared Pratincole in Queen Elizabeth National Park in our monthly data.