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OverviewAI-generated
The Small Pratincole, scientifically known as *Glareola lactea*, is a species of bird classified within the family Glareolidae and order Charadriiformes. Its taxonomic authority is Temminck, 1820, and it belongs to the genus *Glareola*. Other common names for this organism include Sandbrachschwalbe, Canastera chica, and perdiu de mar menuda. The species is listed with a conservation status of Least Concern by the IUCN Red List as of 2024.
Physical characteristics of the Small Pratincole include a wingspan of 45 and a mass of 40. Reproductive data indicates an egg incubation period of 17 days and a litter size of 2.4. The bird is associated with a marine habitat.
Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, WoRMS, IUCN Red List, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Small Pratincole is referenced by 52 other articles, and connects out to Hirundinidae, India and Pakistan.
It sits within the topics Birds described in 1820, Birds of South Asia and Birds of Southeast Asia.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Least Concernlittle pratincole
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyGlareolidae
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Glareola
- Mass
- 40
- Image
- Small pratincole (Glareola lactea) Photograph by Shantanu Kuveskar.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Glareola lactea
- Commons category
- Glareola lactea
- Commons gallery
- Glareola lactea
- wingspan
- 45
- litter size
- 2.4
- egg incubation period
- 17
- taxon common name
- mala komatna tekica
- short name
- G. lactea
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Encyclopedic overview
The small pratincole, little pratincole, or small Indian pratincole (Glareola lactea) is a small wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae.
Distribution
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Small Pratincole” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.