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| | ;[[:Category:Vanellus|Vanellus]] indicus | | ;[[:Category:Vanellus|Vanellus]] indicus |
| - | [[Image:Red-wattled_Lapwing.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Yeshey Dorji <br/>Photographed: Toorsa, Phuentsholing, Bhutan.]] | + | [[Image:Red-wattled_Lapwing.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Yeshey Dorji <br/>Photographed: Toorsa, Phuentsholing, [[Bhutan]].]] |
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| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
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| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| | [[Iraq]], SW [[Iran]], [[Baluchistan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]] and [[Kashmir]], [[Nepal]]. | | [[Iraq]], SW [[Iran]], [[Baluchistan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]] and [[Kashmir]], [[Nepal]]. |
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| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | + | Four subspecies are recognized:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> |
| | + | * ''V.i. aigneri'' - southeast [[Turkey]] to [[Pakistan]] |
| | + | * ''V.i. indicus'' - east [[Pakistan]], [[India]], [[Nepal]] and [[Bangladesh]] |
| | + | * ''V.i. lankae'' - [[Sri Lanka]] |
| | + | * ''V.i. atronuchalis'' - northeast [[India]] and [[Myanmar]] to northern [[Malaysia]] and Indochina |
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| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | Open country and forest clearings; freshwater wetlands. | | Open country and forest clearings; freshwater wetlands. |
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| | Its diet includes ants, beetles, caterpillars, insects, snails and other invertebrates, as well as a quantity of vegetable matter. | | Its diet includes ants, beetles, caterpillars, insects, snails and other invertebrates, as well as a quantity of vegetable matter. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6th}} |
| | + | {{Ref}} |
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| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Vanellus+indicus}} | | {{GSearch|Vanellus+indicus}} |
| | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1039&Bird_Image_ID=250&Bird_Family_ID=109 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1039&Bird_Image_ID=250&Bird_Family_ID=109 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] |
| - | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Vanellus]] [[category:incomplete]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Vanellus]] |
Revision as of 14:33, 25 September 2009
- Vanellus indicus
Photo by Yeshey Dorji
Photographed: Toorsa, Phuentsholing,
Bhutan.
Identification
35cm. Light brown wings and back, black head and chest and front part of neck, white patch runs between belly and tail, flanking the neck to the sides of crown. Short tail is tipped black. A red fleshy wattle in front of each eye, black-tipped red bill, and the long legs are yellow. In flight, prominent white V-shaped wing bar.
Distribution
Iraq, SW Iran, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Kashmir, Nepal.
Taxonomy
Four subspecies are recognized:[1]
Habitat
Open country and forest clearings; freshwater wetlands.
Behaviour
Its nest is a scrape in the ground or depression and 3-4 black-blotched buff eggs are laid.
Its diet includes ants, beetles, caterpillars, insects, snails and other invertebrates, as well as a quantity of vegetable matter.
References
- Clements, JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019
External Links
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