White-tailed Lapwing

Latin Name: 
Vanellus leucurus
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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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