Prakruti Parichay
CharadriidaeVanellus

Northern Lapwing

Vanellus vanellus

28–31 cmMedium
Beak
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Feet
—
Crest
Has a crest

Winter visitor to N subcontinent. Black crest, white (or buff) and black face pattern, black breast -band, and dark green upperparts. Juvenile has prominent buff fringes to mantle, scapulars and wing -coverts. Has very broad. rounded wing - tips. Shows whitish rump and blackish tail band in flight Voice A mournfuleu-whlt. Found in pairs or small flocks. Feeding behaviour is similar to that of Red-wattled. Wet grassland, marshes. lake margins, shingle river banks; sometimes fallow fields a nddry stubbles.

Colour

BlackWhiteBuff / TanGreen
Average size
29.5 cm
Habitat
Wet grassland, marshes. lake margins, shingle river banks, sometimes fallow fields a nddry stubbles.
Behaviour
Winter visitor to N subcontinent., Found in pairs or small flocks. Feeding behaviour is similar to that of Red-wattled.

About this bird

Winter visitor to N subcontinent. Black crest, white (or buff) and black face pattern, black breast -band, and dark green upperparts. Juvenile has prominent buff fringes to mantle, scapulars and wing -coverts. Has very broad. rounded wing - tips. Shows whitish rump and blackish tail band in flight Voice A mournfuleu-whlt. Found in pairs or small flocks. Feeding behaviour is similar to that of Red-wattled. Wet grassland, marshes. lake margins, shingle river banks; sometimes fallow fields a nddry stubbles.

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Northern Lapwing is bigger than Andaman Green Pigeon but smaller than Audubon's Shearwater.

This bird

Northern Lapwing

Vanellus vanellus

28–31 cm