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Photo by Rajiv Lather
Karnal, India, February 2005

Vanellus malabaricus

[edit] Identification

• Pale brown plumage
• Black crown
• Long white supercilium
• Large yellow facial wattles
• White underparts
• White, black-tipped tail
• Long yellow legs
  

Flight

Juvenile
Photo by Jugal Tiwari
Kutch, Gujarat, India, August 2009

Upper-wings

• Black flight feathers
• Brown coverts separated by a white bar
  

Underwings mostly white

[edit] Distribution

Asia: found in the lowlands of southern Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Spreads out with Monsoon , showing localized migration pattern .

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Open lowland habitats, dry grassland.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

It nests in a ground scrape between March and May. The clutch consists of 4 eggs.

[edit] Diet

It is a ground feeder and the diet includes insects and other invertebrates.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. AvianWeb

• List of references

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