Plovers (Charadriidae)
Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus) - HBW 3, p. 417
French: Vanneau indien
German: Rotlappenkiebitz
Spanish: Avefría India
Other common names: Red-wattled Plover, Indian Decorated Lapwing
Taxonomy: Tringa Indica Boddaert, 1783, Goa.
Sometimes placed in Hoplopterus or Lobivanellus. Apart from atronuchalis, differences between races mostly clinal, involving depth of gloss, coloration of upperparts and size. Four subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aigneri (Laubman, 1913) - SE Turkey, Iraq, Iran, S Transcaspia, E Arabia and Pakistan.
- indicus (Boddaert, 1783) - E Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh.
- lankae (Koelz, 1939) - Sri Lanka.
- atronuchalis (Jerdon, 1864) - NE India (Assam) and Myanmar to N Malaysia and Vietnam.
- Least Concern
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Hatching of third egg part I Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India (ssp indicus)
RAM GOPAL SONI 21 August 2006 16 weeks ago 32 sec 4.9 -
Hatching of third egg Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India (ssp indicus)
RAM GOPAL SONI 21 August 2006 16 weeks ago 41 sec 4.8 -
Hatching of egg in the half earthen pot Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India (ssp indicus)
RAM GOPAL SONI 21 August 2006 17 weeks ago 38 sec 4.8 -
Bird on nest Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India (ssp indicus)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 2007 31 weeks ago 19 sec 4.5 -
Eggs and chick in a farmland where the farmer transferred eggs in lower portion of earthen pot while ploughing his field to ensu Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India (ssp indicus)
RAM GOPAL SONI 20 August 2006 31 weeks ago 27 sec 4.5 -
A bird on the ground Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal (ssp indicus)
Stefan Behrens 2002 3 years ago 36 sec 4.4
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An adult bird feeding on moist grassland near permanent water. Tissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp lankae)
Steve Garvie 31 July 2009 25 weeks ago 4.3 -
Passing Visitor Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 16 April 2010 18 weeks ago 4 -
A bird by the waters edge Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, India (ssp indicus)
vasanthan.p.j 15 January 2010 32 weeks ago 4 -
A bird with a broken wing Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp indicus)
vasanthan.p.j 30 December 2009 35 weeks ago 4 -
Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus) by the riverside. Maharashtra, India
Ryan Brookes 2 March 2007 42 weeks ago 4 -
Adult, probable male (swollen wattle) Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp atronuchalis)
Alain Fossé 15 February 2007 1 year ago 4
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Typical, alarm and mating calls Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 March 2006 42 weeks ago 4.5 -
Courtship calls Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 May 2005 26 weeks ago 4 -
Did you do it? calls Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
(ssp indicus)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 May 2007 30 weeks ago 4 -
Calling adult Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(ssp indicus)
Andrew_Davis 9 February 2006 38 weeks ago 4 -
Normal and Assault calls Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 March 2006 42 weeks ago 4
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