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| Glareola lactea |
Temminck, 1820 |
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Family: Glareolidae |
Order: Charadriiformes |
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Small pratincole |
Glaréole lactée |
Canastera chica |
Sandbrachschwalbe |
| Migration: partial |
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moves to lower levels in winter |
Locally migratory, depending on water levels of rivers. present in many breeding areas only Apr-Aug; moves to
lower levels in winter. Mainly summer breeding visitor to Pakistan, but up to 350 birds recorded in Jan;
disappears from R Indus in mid-winter, though over 500 birds seen together on Indus in Mar. Vagrant W to
Arabian Gulf and Oman, Nov-Mar; also S to Malay Peninsula in Nov and Jan. (del Hoyo J, Elliott
A, Sargatal J (eds), 1996)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1996) - www.hbw.com,
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| Regions: East Asia, South & Southeast Asia, West & Central Asia |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |