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'''Alternative name: Blacksmith Lapwing''' | '''Alternative name: Blacksmith Lapwing''' | ||
+ | [[Image:2007 04 13 Blacksmith Lapwing.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Adult showing the 'spurs'<br />Photo by {{user|Alan+Manson|Alan Manson}}<br />Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens, Johannesburg, [[South Africa]], April 2007]] | ||
;[[:Category:Vanellus|Vanellus]] armatus | ;[[:Category:Vanellus|Vanellus]] armatus | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
− | 30cm | + | 30cm |
+ | *White belly, nape patch, underwings, rump | ||
+ | *Tail black and white | ||
+ | *Rest of plumage black | ||
+ | *Carpal spurs | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
− | Eastern | + | [[Image:Lapwing8.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Max+Holdt|Max Holdt}}<br />Windhoek, [[Namibia]], April 2007]] |
+ | [[Africa]], south of the Sahara:<br /> | ||
+ | '''Western Africa''': [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], [[Angola]]<br /> | ||
+ | '''Eastern Africa''': [[Ethiopia]], [[Kenya]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zambia]], [[Mozambique]], [[Malawi]]<br /> | ||
+ | '''Southern Africa''': [[Namibia]], [[Botswana]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[South Africa]], [[KwaZulu-Natal]], [[Lesotho]], [[Swaziland]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
− | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Pairs and scattered individuals frequent the shores of a wide variety inland waters and in marshy ground, flooded fields and other moist places. | Pairs and scattered individuals frequent the shores of a wide variety inland waters and in marshy ground, flooded fields and other moist places. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
+ | [[Image:5458Blacksmith Lapwing Plover Vanellus armatus.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|GiGi|GiGi}}<br />Near to Cape Town, [[South Africa]], Summer 2006]] | ||
+ | ====Diet==== | ||
The diet includes insects, worms, snails, seeds, molluscs and crustaceans. | The diet includes insects, worms, snails, seeds, molluscs and crustaceans. | ||
− | + | ====Breeding==== | |
− | + | The nest is a ground scrape, formed by both adults. The clutch consists of 4 eggs; incubation starts once the last egg is laid and lasts for 23-31 days. Both parents incubate the eggs. | |
====Vocalisation==== | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
− | + | '''Call''': ''Clink, clink'' (sounding like a blacksmith hammering metal). | |
− | + | ==References== | |
+ | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Avibase | ||
+ | #Honoluluzoo | ||
+ | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Vanellus+armatus}} | {{GSearch|Vanellus+armatus}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Vanellus]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Vanellus]] |
Revision as of 19:29, 28 May 2010
Alternative name: Blacksmith Lapwing
- Vanellus armatus
Identification
30cm
- White belly, nape patch, underwings, rump
- Tail black and white
- Rest of plumage black
- Carpal spurs
Distribution
Africa, south of the Sahara:
Western Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi
Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Swaziland
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Pairs and scattered individuals frequent the shores of a wide variety inland waters and in marshy ground, flooded fields and other moist places.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects, worms, snails, seeds, molluscs and crustaceans.
Breeding
The nest is a ground scrape, formed by both adults. The clutch consists of 4 eggs; incubation starts once the last egg is laid and lasts for 23-31 days. Both parents incubate the eggs.
Vocalisation
Call: Clink, clink (sounding like a blacksmith hammering metal).
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
- Honoluluzoo
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blacksmith Lapwing. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blacksmith_Lapwing