A new successful breeding site of Collared Pratincole <i>Glareola pratincola</i> along the northern Adriatic coastline

Abstract

The Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola has a large and fragmented breeding distribution in the Palearctic. In Italy it is an uncommon migrant breeder and the breeding sites are very patchily distributed and irregularly used, with most frequent occurrences in the N Adriatic, N Apulia, Campania, Sardinia and Sicily. We report a new breeding site for the species along the northern Adriatic coastline in the Marano and Grado Lagoon (Friuli Venezia Giulia region, NE Italy), which represents the first breeding evidence for the Friuli Venezia Giulia region.

Keywords

• Glareola pratincola
• new breeding site
• Adriatic sea
• sandflat
• breeding colony
• Marano and Grado lagoon