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White-tailed Lapwing
Latin Name:
Vanellus leucurus
Category:
Size:
28cm
Description:
Sexes alike. Pink-brown above, with grey-white forehead, supercilium; ash-grey chin, throat, turning dark-grey on breast; yellow legs; in night, white rump, tail, black and white in wings diagnostic. Small to medium-size flocks, often with other waders; makes short runs when feeding; less boisterous and active than the commoner Redwattled, but overall similarity in habits.
Habitat:
Open marshy areas, edges of lakes and jheels.
Distribution:
Winter visitor, NW India; smaller numbers east to Uttar Pradesh, parts of Bihar, C India.
Call:
Call Description:
Mostly silent in winter except for an occasional soft, double-noted whistle.
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