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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Charadriiformes > Family: Glareolidae > Genus: Glareola > Species: Glareola nordmanni

Black-winged Pratincole - Glareola nordmanni Fischer, 1843

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Threat status Europe	Vulnerable (IUCN)
EU Population status	Threatened
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 4 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	3 are designated for this species
Breeding habitats	grassland wetlands
Natura 2000 species code	A515

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Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Near Threatened

Europe

Vulnerable

Critically Endangered

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive

Secure

Near Threatened, declining or depleted

Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)

Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
BG0000270	Bulgaria	Atanasovsko ezero	Map
ROSPA0031	Romania	Delta Dunării și Complexul Razim - Sinoie	Map
BG0002050	Bulgaria	Durankulashko ezero	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	This species is not mentioned in the annexes, but it is covered by the general protection regime provided by Article 1 of the Directive to all species of birds naturally occurring in the wild state in the European territory of the Member States to which the Treaty applies.		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species (All species of Glareolidae)		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)		https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (Bonn Convention)	Annex II: migratory species which have an unfavourable conservation status and which require international agreements for their conservation and management, as well as those which have a conservation status which would significantly benefit from the international co-operation that could be achieved by an international agreement.	Synonym for this species is listed in Appendix II of the Bonn Convention (CMS). See there for more details.	http://www.cms.int/
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds. Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (AEWA)	Annex II: Waterbird species to which the Agreement applies		http://www.migratoryspecies....ent/about-cms-family http://www.unep-aewa.org/en/legalinstrument/aewa

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Aropääskykahlaaja	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Black-winged Pratincole	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Canastera Alinegra	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Feketeszárnyú székicsér	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Glaréole à ailes noires	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Perdiz-do-mar-d'asa-preta	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Pernice di mare orientale	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Schwarzflügel-Brachschwalbe	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Steppevorkstaartplevier	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Svartvingad vadarsvala	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

Synonym	Author
Glareola melanoptera	Nordman
All species of Glareolidae

Other resources

EBCC Atlas of breeding birds	European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:04670	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea search	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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