We
observed Collared Pratincole in Nal Sarovar from last three years. They came here
to do nesting. We went to Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary for breeding plumage, on
14/04/16 story posted at Black-tailed
Godwit. When we reach on island, I
saw a group of the Collared Pratincole. After some time I noticed that, they
were coming to drink water at regular intervals. Therefore, I decide to lie down
there and wait for them. After wait of
few minutes, flock of Collared Pratincole came to drink water and I got desired
shots.
We
saw many people on internet confused about the Collared Pratincole and Oriental
Pratincole. We can differentiate them by the length of tail and end of wing in
resting position. In Collared Pratincole tail tip reaching tips of closed wings
while in Oriental Pratincole tail tip falling short of wing tips. The species
name pratincola means an inhabitant of meadows, from Latin pratum, prati,
"meadow" and incola, "inhabitant", from incolere, "to
inhabit".
14th April 2016
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, near
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Nikon D7100
AF-S Nikkor
300mm F/4D IF-ED + AF-S Teleconverter TC-14E
f/8, 1/1600,iso-400
