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 Enlarge map
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Three birds resting at the edge of a dam Locality Ror Ror Jor Ror Por, Central Thailand, Thailand (ssp atronuchalis)
Josep del Hoyo 20 November 2004 6 years ago 21 sec 3 -
An individual walking on a pond edge. Locality Veal Krous, Dongphlet, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia (ssp atronuchalis)
Josep del Hoyo 10 March 2011 1 year ago 29 sec 2.8 -
A bird walking on a lawn Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (ssp atronuchalis)
Juan Sanabria 31 July 2006 5 years ago 31 sec 2.7 -
A bird calling and flying up. Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 30 May 2007 3 years ago 38 sec 2.6 -
A pair of red wattled lapwings feeding in a marsh Locality Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, India
vasanthan.p.j 30 December 2008 3 years ago 53 sec 2.5 -
A bird on the ground Locality Periyar, Kerala, India
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2008 4 years ago 18 sec 2
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A few days old Red-wattled Lapwing chick, sits still on a cattle-dung heap to to avoid being detected, while it's parents are g
Locality Mysore, Mysore District, Karnataka, India
Ragoorao 30 April 2011 2 years ago 3.5 -
Red-wattled Lapwing in flight above the lake.
Locality Mysore, Mysore District, Karnataka, India
Ragoorao 9 October 2010 2 years ago 3.5 -
in an urban green space
Locality Delhi, India (ssp indicus )
Stefan Helming 17 April 2010 2 years ago 3.5 -
A bird on the ground.
Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp indicus )
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 3 years ago 3.5 -
An individual on the ground.
Locality Moti Virani, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (ssp indicus)
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2011 1 year ago 3.4 -
Red-wattled Lapwing
Locality Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad District, Gujarat, India
drpankajmaheria 16 weeks ago 3.4
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Normal and Assault calls Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 March 2006 3 years ago 4
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