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==Identification== | ==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. | 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. | ||
Revision as of 22:55, 13 December 2009
- Vanellus indicus
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]
- 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
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
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Red-wattled Lapwing. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 7 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-wattled_Lapwing
