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 NT    River Lapwing* Id (Atlas):
    Vanellus duvaucelii

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
River Lapwing, Indian Spur-winged Plover, Indian Spur-winged Lapwing, Asian Spur-winged Plover, Asian Spur-winged Lapwing

Family
Charadriidae (Plovers)

Size
29 - 32 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1826)

Habitat
Inland wetlands.

Range (Guide)
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Laos (B), Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.

North-central India (Uttar Pradesh) and Nepal through east-central and north-eastern India to south-central China (south-western Yunnan) and Indochina; status unclear further eastern possibly to Hainan and to Hong Kong.
 
Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 25,000 (2010).

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (28)...)

 
River Lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii) [XC74348]
     by Mike Nelson from Dhikala Forest Rest House, Jim Corbett National Park, Uttaranchal, India (call)

 
River Lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii) [XC631442]
     by Sreekumar Chirukandoth from Irrawaddy bank, Bagan, Myanmar (call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus), with which sometimes considered conspecific.

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for River Lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii) - 10 files


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