---
title: "Żwirowiec mały"
description: "Glareola lactea — Ptaki. The small pratincole, little pratincole, or small Indian pratincole (Glareola lactea) is a small wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/small-pratincole
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Żwirowiec mały

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

- Scientific name: *Glareola lactea*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola), `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 1228
- Wikidata: [Q934460](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q934460)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4602](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4602)

## Names

- en: Small Pratincole
- de: Sandbrachschwalbe
- es: Canastera chica
- fr: Glaréole lactée
- nl: Kleine vorkstaartplevier
- pt: Perdiz-do-mar-pequena
- pl: Żwirowiec mały

## Countries with the most observations

IN (797), TH (178), LK (31), NP (27), CN (24), KH (17), BD (13), MM (10), LA (9), OM (5), MY (4), BT (3)

## Summary

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

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_pratincole

## Photo

![Żwirowiec mały](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-pratincole/medium.jpg)

Photo: wilmotsenaratne · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/381533084

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/small-pratincole?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).