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.
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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 1 year ago 38 sec 4.5 -
An individual resting on the ground. Locality Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary, Churu District, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 February 2011 1 year ago 18 sec 4.4 -
Two birds standing on the ground, one of them calling. Locality Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary, Churu District, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 February 2011 1 year ago 20 sec 4.4 -
Courtship of a pair. Locality Kampi, Kratié Province, Cambodia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 March 2011 1 year ago 27 sec 4.3 -
An individual standing on the ground and calling. Locality Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary, Churu District, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 February 2011 1 year ago 18 sec 3.8 -
A pair displaying and copulating on the sand. Locality Kampi, Kratié Province, Cambodia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 March 2011 1 year ago 22 sec 3.8
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On the ground
Locality Al Karaana Sewerage Ponds, Al Rayyan, Qatar
John A Thompson 25 January 2013 20 weeks ago 4.3 -
A bird in flight.
Locality Bagan, Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Monotypic species)
James Eaton 1 February 2011 38 weeks ago 4.3 -
They were in groups of 10-12 .
Locality Uttar Wadhona, Yavatmal District, Maharashtra, India
Jayant Atrey 30 December 2012 16 weeks ago 4.2 -
On ground
Locality Great Rann of Kutch, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
jugal Tiwari 15 May 2008 2 years ago 4 -
On the ground.
Locality Bundala National Park, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 6 January 2012 1 year ago 3.8 -
Courtship of a pair.
Locality Kampi, Kratié Province, Cambodia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 March 2011 1 year ago 3.7
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Calls during courtship. Locality Kampi, Kratié Province, Cambodia
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 March 2011 1 year 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 1 year ago 4.3 -
Calls by one bird standing on a beach. Locality Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary, Churu District, Rajasthan, India
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 February 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Alarm Calls Locality Bikaner District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 March 1990 3 years ago 3 -
Calling in riverbed Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 October 1997 3 years ago 3
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