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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.
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.