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The black-winged pratincole (Glareola nordmanni) is a wader in the pratincole bird family, Glareolidae. The genus name is a diminutive of Latin glarea, "gravel", referring to a typical nesting habitat for pratincoles. The species name commemorates the Finnish-born zoologist and explorer Alexander von Nordmann.

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1. (c) Marcel Holyoak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/33816646@N06/5918122108
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://hub.toolforge.org/P3151:4605?lang=

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