Small Pratincole
Glareola lactea Temminck, 1820
Glareolidae — Coursers, Pratincoles
Small Pratincole, Glareola lactea, is a pratincole in the family Glareolidae, found in the Oriental Region from foothills and sub-Himalayan rivers across north-east to south Asia, including Nepal, Bhutan, southern Yunnan, Vietnam and Sri Lanka. It breeds in river and lake margins on gravel or sand banks, and also uses other waterbody types outside the breeding season. Its short bill is suited to catching food in the air, and it is a small wader that can be mistaken in flight for swifts or swallows. It was described by Temminck in 1820.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Glareolidae — Coursers, Pratincoles
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: foothills to sub-Himalayan rivers from ne s to Sri Lanka, e through Nepal, Bhutan, s Yunnan (s China) to Vietnam
- Nonbreeding range
- to other waterbody types
