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Titre :
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A review of early historical records of Collared Pratincoles in Britain, and new British first records of Collared, Black-winged and Oriental Pratincoles
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Auteurs :
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Christopher J. Mclnerny, Auteur ;
RobertY. McGowan, Auteur ;
Robin M. Sellers, Auteur ;
Martina Cafiso, Auteur ;
J. Martin Collinson, Auteur
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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British Birds (117(3) March, 2024)
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Article en page(s) :
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152-167
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Résumé :
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This paper reviews 25 nineteenth- and one early twentieth-century British records of Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola. It follows the recent acceptance of a British first record by the British Ornithologists' Union Records Committee (BOURC) from North Meols, Lancashire & North Merseyside, in 1805. Subsequent records were reviewed using the published BOURC criteria for considering historical records and also in the context of potential confusion with the extremely similar Black-winged Pratincole G. nordmanni and Oriental Pratincole G. maldivarum.These two species were not considered when the earliest records were first documented. The analysis presented here, involving the inspection of a number of museum specimens, results in a definitive list of five early British records of Collared Pratincoles, the identification of two new records of Black-winged Pratincoles, including firsts for Britain and Scotland, and a new first Oriental Pratincole record for Britain and the Western Palearctic.
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