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;[[:Category:Vanellus|Vanellus]] duvaucelii | ;[[:Category:Vanellus|Vanellus]] duvaucelii | ||
| − | [[Image:River_Lapwing.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Rajiv Lather<br/> | + | [[Image:River_Lapwing.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by '''Rajiv Lather'''<br />Location: Karnal, [[India]]]] |
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
29-32 cm long. Black crest, crown, face and central throat and grey-white neck sides and nape, grey-brown breast band and white underparts with a black belly patch. Brown back, white rump, black tail, white under wings and upper wing secondaries, and brown upper wing coverts. | 29-32 cm long. Black crest, crown, face and central throat and grey-white neck sides and nape, grey-brown breast band and white underparts with a black belly patch. Brown back, white rump, black tail, white under wings and upper wing secondaries, and brown upper wing coverts. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[India]] | + | Rivers of [[India]] and [[Nepal]] to southwestern [[China]] and [[Indochina]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | A monotypic species. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Shingle and sand banks of rivers, wet grassland and farmland. | Shingle and sand banks of rivers, wet grassland and farmland. | ||
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*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1040&Bird_Image_ID=10295&Bird_Family_ID=109 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1040&Bird_Image_ID=10295&Bird_Family_ID=109 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | ||
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Revision as of 20:50, 20 July 2008
- Vanellus duvaucelii
Identification
29-32 cm long. Black crest, crown, face and central throat and grey-white neck sides and nape, grey-brown breast band and white underparts with a black belly patch. Brown back, white rump, black tail, white under wings and upper wing secondaries, and brown upper wing coverts.
Distribution
Rivers of India and Nepal to southwestern China and Indochina.
Taxonomy
A monotypic species.
Habitat
Shingle and sand banks of rivers, wet grassland and farmland.
Behaviour
It lays 2 eggs in a ground scrape.
Its diet includes worms, crustaceans and molluscs.
