Small Pratincole
Glareola lacteaTemminck, CJ, 1820
English (US) Small Pratincole
The Small Pratincole (Glareola lactea) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Glareolidae (Coursers and Pratincoles) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan to India and IndochinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Glareola lactea
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Small Pratincole
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1820
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1820
- Type locality
- Bengal.
- Original description
- Manuel d'ornithologie, ou tableau systématique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe (etc.), seconde édition ed.2, pt.1 p.503
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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