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Small pratincole

Glareola lactea Temminck, 1820

LCLeast Concernbirds

The small pratincole (Glareola lactea) is a species in the family Glareolidae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 39.8 g to 40 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Small pratincole (Glareola lactea)
Photo: Shantanu Kuveskar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the small pratincole

Weight
39.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
42 cm – 48 cmsrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
riverinesrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.4 – 2.7src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the small pratincole?

SMALL PRATINCOLE · WINGSPAN 48 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 48 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the small pratincole is about 28% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the small pratincole live?

Not recorded

What is the small pratincole?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The small pratincole, little pratincole, or small Indian pratincole (Glareola lactea) is a small wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae.

From the Wikipedia article “Small pratincole” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Small_pratincole&oldid=1342731800), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the small pratincole endangered?

The small pratincole is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the small pratincole classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyGlareolidae
  6. genusGlareola
  7. SpeciesGlareola lactea Temminck, 1820
Other names and names in other languages (41)
  • Little pratincoleEnglish
  • Little pratincoleEnglish
  • أبو اليسر الصغيرArabic
  • Glareell vihanBreton
  • perdiu de mar menudaCatalan
  • ouhorlík malýCzech
  • Cwtiad-wennol BachWelsh
  • Lille BraksvaleDanish
  • SandbrachschwalbeGerman
  • Sand-BrachschwalbeGerman
  • eta glareoloEsperanto
  • Canastera chicaSpanish
  • väike-pääsujooksurEstonian
  • گلاریول کوچکPersian
  • pikkupääskykahlaajaFinnish
  • Glaréole lactéeFrench
  • Pratancól beagIrish
  • שדמית קטנהHebrew
  • mala pješčarkaCroatian
  • kis székicsérHungarian
  • Pernice di mare minoreItalian
  • ヒメツバメチドリJapanese
  • mažoji kregždūnėLithuanian
  • mazais bezdelīgtārtiņšLatvian
  • мала блатна ластовицаMacedonian
  • ചെറിയ മീവൽക്കാടMalayalam
  • छोटा आर्लीMarathi
  • kleine vorkstaartplevierDutch
  • melkebrakksvaleNorwegian
  • żwirowiec małyPolish
  • perdiz-do-mar-pequenaPortuguese
  • Малая тиркушкаRussian
  • prieložník piesočnýSlovak
  • mala komatna tekicaSlovenian
  • Mali zijavacSerbian
  • mindre vadarsvalaSwedish
  • นกแอ่นทุ่งเล็กThai
  • Küçük BataklıkkırlangıcıTurkish
  • дерихвіст малийUkrainian
  • 灰燕鴴Chinese
  • 灰燕鸻Chinese

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Relatives of the small pratincole

Other species in the same genus Glareola.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the small pratincole?

An adult small pratincole weighs 39.8 g and has a wingspan of 42 cm – 48 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the small pratincole endangered?

The small pratincole is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the small pratincole?

The small pratincole (Glareola lactea) belongs to the family Glareolidae in the order Charadriiformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{small_pratincole_2026,
  title = {Small pratincole (Glareola lactea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-pratincole},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}