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Collared Pratincole; Canastera

Glareola pratincola

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Description:

These birds visit the marshes for the summer and breed here. They are like a cross between a Swallow and a Tern often flying with and like the former and breeding with and like the latter. They often breed in furrowed fields also.
Two Pratincoles and a Swallow in the first picture.

Habitat:

Coastal marshes, in an area set aside for vegetable crops.

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PublishedMay 26, 2014

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