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Photo by Yeshey Dorji
Toorsa, Phuentsholing, Bhutan, June, 2005

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
Long yellow legs
In flight, prominent white V-shaped wing bar

Photo by kctsang
Melacca, Western Malaysia, March 2006

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

Open country and forest clearings, freshwater wetlands. Dry fields, bush country, near swamps, rivers and coasts.

Its nest is a ground scrape; the clutch consisting of 3-4 buff eggs with black blotches.

Its diet includes ants, beetles, caterpillars, insects, snails and other invertebrates, as well as vegetation.

Clements, JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019
Wikipedia

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