Prakruti Parichay
CharadriidaeVanellus

Grey-headed Lapwing

Vanellus cinereus

34–37 cmLarge
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Winter visitor. Nepal, mainly NE India, and Bangladesh. Yellow bill with black tip, and yellow legs. Grey head. neck and breast. latter with diffuse black border. and black tail-band. Secondaries are white. Juvenile has brownish head and neck, lacks the dark breast-band, and has prominent buff fri nges to feathers of upperparts. Behaviour is similar to that of Red - wattled Lapwing, with which it often feeds. River banks. marshes and wet fields.

Colour

BlackYellowGreyWhite
Average size
35.5 cm
Habitat
River banks. marshes and wet fields.
Behaviour
Winter visitor., Behaviour is similar to that of Red - wattled Lapwing, with which it often feeds.

About this bird

Winter visitor. Nepal, mainly NE India, and Bangladesh. Yellow bill with black tip, and yellow legs. Grey head. neck and breast. latter with diffuse black border. and black tail-band. Secondaries are white. Juvenile has brownish head and neck, lacks the dark breast-band, and has prominent buff fri nges to feathers of upperparts. Behaviour is similar to that of Red - wattled Lapwing, with which it often feeds. River banks. marshes and wet fields.

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Grey-headed Lapwing is bigger than Asian Dowitcher but smaller than Andaman Barn Owl.

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Grey-headed Lapwing

Vanellus cinereus

34–37 cm