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Vinony's link graph records 97 inbound references to White-tailed Lapwing, and connects out to Russia, Europe and India.
Vinony files it under Birds described in 1823, Birds of Afghanistan and Birds of Central Asia.
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Species
Least Concernwhite-tailed lapwing
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyCharadriidae
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Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Vanellus leucurus
- Commons category
- Vanellus leucurus
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- Vanellus leucurus
- wingspan
- 62.5
- litter size
- 4
- egg incubation period
- 22
- taxon common name
- white-tailed lapwing
- taxon range
- Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
The white-tailed lapwing or white-tailed plover (Vanellus leucurus) is a wader in the lapwing genus. The genus name Vanellus is Medieval Latin for a lapwing and derives from vannus a winnowing fan. The specific leucurus is from Ancient Greek leukouros, "white-tailed".
This medium-sized lapwing is long-legged and fairly long-billed. It is the only lapwing likely to be seen in other than very shallow water, where it picks insects and other small prey mainly from the surface.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “White-tailed Lapwing” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.