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Open country with short grass, bare soil or in crops, often near freshwater. | Open country with short grass, bare soil or in crops, often near freshwater. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
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3–4 eggs are laid in a ground scrape. | 3–4 eggs are laid in a ground scrape. | ||
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Diet includes insects and other small invertebrates. It prefers to feed nocturnally when there are moonlit nights. | Diet includes insects and other small invertebrates. It prefers to feed nocturnally when there are moonlit nights. | ||
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====Vocalisation==== | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
<flashmp3>Vanellus vanellus (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>Vanellus vanellus (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
''[[Media:Vanellus vanellus (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ''[[Media:Vanellus vanellus (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ||
| + | ==In Culture== | ||
| + | The name "lapwing" derives from the "lapping" sound its wings make, or the flapping flight. | ||
| + | Other common names include Peewit and Green Plover | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Wikipedia | Wikipedia | ||
Revision as of 09:54, 14 March 2009
Photo by nigel pye
- Vanellus vanellus
Identification
28-31cm long bird with a 67-72cm wingspan. Rounded wings and a crest, black and white, green tinted back.
Distribution
Breeds in Palearctic (British Isles, France, Scandinavia and Russia east to the Urals); winters to northern Africa, India, Myanmar and south China.
Taxonomy
A monotypic species.
Habitat
Open country with short grass, bare soil or in crops, often near freshwater.
Behaviour
Breeding
3–4 eggs are laid in a ground scrape.
Diet
Diet includes insects and other small invertebrates. It prefers to feed nocturnally when there are moonlit nights.
Vocalisation
<flashmp3>Vanellus vanellus (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
In Culture
The name "lapwing" derives from the "lapping" sound its wings make, or the flapping flight.
Other common names include Peewit and Green Plover
References
Wikipedia
External Links
