Pied Lapwing - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by Graham Osborne
Baganara Island, Guyana, April 2004

Alternative name: Pied Plover

Vanellus cayanus

Distribution

South America east of the Andes to south-eastern Brazil and north-eastern Argentina

Taxonomy

Monotypic.
Sometimes placed in its own genus Hoploxypterus.

Habitat

Sandy beaches beside rivers

Behaviour

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Pied Lapwing. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Pied_Lapwing

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