Coursers and Pratincoles (Glareolidae)
Small Pratincole (Glareola lactea) - HBW 3, p. 383
French: Glaréole lactée
German: Sandbrachschwalbe
Spanish: Canastera Chica
Other common names: Little/Small Indian/Milky Pratincole, Swallow-plover
Taxonomy: Glareola lactea Temminck, 1820, Bengal.
Sometimes placed in Galachrysia with G. cinerea and G. nuchalis. Forms superspecies with G. cinerea. Monotypic.
Distribution: E Afghanistan and Pakistan, through India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to SC China (S Yunnan), and thence S & SE through Myanmar to Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female displaying before copulation and a male chasing other males. Locality Kampi, Kratié Province, Cambodia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 March 2011 23 weeks ago 38 sec 4.3 -
Courtship of a pair. Locality Kampi, Kratié Province, Cambodia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 March 2011 23 weeks ago 27 sec 4 -
A pair displaying and copulating on the sand. Locality Kampi, Kratié Province, Cambodia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 March 2011 23 weeks ago 22 sec 3.6 -
A bird drinking and standing close to the water. Locality Kampi, Kratié Province, Cambodia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 March 2011 23 weeks ago 24 sec 3.5 -
Several birds calling and running disputing for territories. Locality Kampi, Kratié Province, Cambodia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 March 2011 23 weeks ago 31 sec 3.5 -
A bird standing on the edge of the lake, in front of a group of people. Locality Gadisar Lake, Jaisalmer, Jaisalmer District, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 February 2011 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 21 sec 3.4
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On ground
Locality Great Rann of Kutch, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
jugal Tiwari 15 May 2008 1 year ago 4 -
A pair of Pratincoles on a lake mud bank.
Locality Mysore, Mysore District, Karnataka, India
Ragoorao 5 November 2011 13 weeks ago 3.7 -
Small Pratincole on a mud-bank in a lake.
Locality Mysore, Mysore District, Karnataka, India
Ragoorao 4 November 2011 13 weeks ago 3.4 -
An individual on the sand.
Locality Kampi, Kratié Province, Cambodia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 March 2011 23 weeks ago 3.4 -
Courtship of a pair.
Locality Kampi, Kratié Province, Cambodia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 March 2011 23 weeks ago 3.4 -
Resting near shoreline
Locality Velsao Beach, Goa, India
Rainer Mönke 2 November 2007 3 years ago 3
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Calls during courtship. Locality Kampi, Kratié Province, Cambodia
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 March 2011 23 weeks ago 4.7 -
A group of birds in a colony calling, several taking off. Locality Kampi, Kratié Province, Cambodia
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 March 2011 23 weeks ago 4.3 -
Alarm Calls Locality Bikaner District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 March 1990 1 year ago 3 -
Calling in riverbed Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 October 1997 1 year ago 3
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