Pratincole from the term "pratincola" coined by German naturalist Wilhelm Heinrich Kramer from the Latin words "prātum" meadow and "incola" resident. Pratincole The pratincoles or greywaders are a group of birds which together with the coursers make up the family Glareolidae. They have short legs, very long pointed wings and long forked tails. Their most unusual feature for birds classed as waders is that they typically hunt their insect prey on the wing like swallows, although they can also feed on the ground. Their short bills are an adaptation to aerial feeding. Their flight is fast and graceful like a swallow
Collared pratincole Collared pratincole The collared pratincole ("Glareola pratincola"), also known as the common pratincole or red-winged pratincole, is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae. As with other pratincoles, it is native to the Old World. The genus name is a diminutive of Latin "glarea", "gravel", referring to a typical nesting habitat for pratincoles. The species name "pratincola" means an inhabitant of meadows, from Latin "pratum, prati", "meadow" and "incola", "inhabitant", from "incolere", "to inhabit". This pratincole is long with a wingspan. It has short legs, long pointed wings, a long forked tail, and a short bill, which is an adaptation