Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Little Pratincole*
Id (Atlas):
Glareola lactea
Description (10 )
Little Pratincole
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Other Names (World)
Little Pratincole, Small Pratincole, Small Indian Pratincole, Milky Pratincole, Swallow-plover
Family
Glareolidae (Coursers, Pratincoles)
Size
16 - 19 cm
First Described (Guide )
Temminck, 1820
Habitat
Rivers, streams and creeks. Also, larger freshwater lakes, estuaries, saltmarshes. From sea-level - 1,800 m.
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Laos (B), Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.
Vagrant to Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iran [Islamic Republic of], United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
Eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan, through India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to south-central China (southern Yunnan), and thence southern and south-eastern through Myanmar to Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.
 
Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 100,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)... )
Listen to XC342178
Small Pratincole (Glareola lactea ) [XC342178 ]
by Erik Sandvig from Durgapur Barrage Birding Hotspot, Durgapur, West Bengal, India (call)
Listen to XC157742
Small Pratincole (Glareola lactea ) [XC157742 ]
by Sagar Adhurya from Bhandariya Nana, Amreli, Gujarat, India (flight call)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Grey Pratincole (Glareola cinerea ).
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Little Pratincole see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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