Pied Lapwing (Hoploxypterus cayanus)

Other Names (World)
Pied Lapwing, Cayenne Plover, Three-toed Cayenne Plover, Cayenne Lapwing, Three-toed Cayenne Lapwing, Pied Plover, Little White-winged Plover, Little White-winged Lapwing

Family
Charadriidae (Plovers)

Size
21 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Latham, 1790)

Habitat
Inland wetlands. From sea-level - 800 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Vagrant to Trinidad and Tobago.

South America east of Andes, from eastern Colombia to mouth of R Amazon, then south to Paraguay, south-eastern Brazil and extreme north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (24)...)

Pied Plover (Hoploxypterus cayanus) [XC789017]
by id from Monte Alegre Rio Paran\u00e3-Comunidade Sucuri-Boc\u00e3o, Brazil (call)

Pied Plover (Hoploxypterus cayanus) [XC695083]
by Mauricio Cuellar Ramirez (@Birding.travel) from Play\u00f3n Rio Orteguaza - Vereda Canelos, Colombia (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Pied Lapwing (Hoploxypterus cayanus) - 10 files

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