Yellow-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus)

Other Names (World)
Yellow-wattled Lapwing, Yellow-wattled Plover

Family
Charadriidae (Plovers)

Size
26 - 28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boddaert, 1783)

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.

Southern Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Population
Estimated population is 5,000 - 10,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

Yellow-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus) [XC19931]
by Ramit Singal from Kovalam, near Madras, India (call)

Yellow-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus) [XC658781]
by Sagar Adhurya from Timbi Lake, Vadodara, Gujarat, India (alarm call)

Subspecies
Formerly placed in monospecific genus Lobipluvia. Occasionally included in Hoplopterus.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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