Grey-headed lapwing
| Grey-headed lapwing | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Vanellus |
| Species: | V. cinereus
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| Binomial name | |
| Vanellus cinereus (Blyth, 1842)
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| Synonyms | |
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Hoplopterus cinereus (Blyth, 1842) | |
The grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) is a
This species has occurred as a vagrant in Russia, the Philippines, Indonesia, New South Wales, Australia and Sri Lanka,[1] as well as Sweden and England.[2]
Description
The grey-headed lapwing is 34–37 cm long. It has a grey head and neck, darker grey breast band and white belly. The back is brown, the rump is white and the tail is black. This is a striking species in flight, with black primaries, white under wings and upper wing secondaries, and brown upper wing coverts.
Adults of both sexes are similarly plumaged, but males are slightly larger than females. Young birds have the white areas of plumage tinged with grey, a less distinct breast band, and pale fringes to the upperpart and wing covert feathers. The call of the grey-headed lapwing is a sharp chee-it.
Behaviour
This species nests from April to July in wet grassland,
References
- ^ . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Grey-headed lapwing: Sighting in Northumberland is UK first". BBC News. 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- Hayman, Marchant and Prater, Shorebirds ISBN 0-395-37903-2
- Robson, Craig A Field Guide to the Birds of Thailand ISBN 1-84330-921-1