Plovers (Charadriidae)
River Lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii) - HBW 3, p. 412
French: Vanneau pie
German: Flußkiebitz
Spanish: Avefría Fluvial
Other common names: Indian/Asian Spur-winged Plover/Lapwing
Taxonomy: Charadrius Duvaucelii Lesson, 1826, Calcutta.
Often placed in genus Hoplopterus. Forms superspecies with V. spinosus, with which sometimes considered conspecific. Monotypic.
Distribution: NC India (Uttar Pradesh) and Nepal through EC & NE India to SC China (SW Yunnan) and Indochina; status unclear further E possibly to Hainan and to Hong Kong.
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A bird feeding on the river edge. Locality Chambal Safari Boating Platform, Chambal River, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 February 2011 11 weeks ago 21 sec 4.2 -
An individual foraging on the edge of the river. Locality Chambal Safari Boating Platform, Chambal River, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 February 2011 11 weeks ago 22 sec 4.2 -
A bird feeding on the mud and looking around alert. Locality Chambal Safari Boating Platform, Chambal River, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 February 2011 11 weeks ago 18 sec 4.2 -
An individual feeding on the mud. Locality Chambal Safari Boating Platform, Chambal River, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 February 2011 11 weeks ago 30 sec 4.2 -
A bird standing on the mud, feeding, preening and walking away. Locality Chambal Safari Boating Platform, Chambal River, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 February 2011 11 weeks ago 17 sec 4 -
A bird looking around and running. Locality Chambal Safari Boating Platform, Chambal River, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 February 2011 11 weeks ago 23 sec 4
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River-lapwing at Chambal River , Dholpur
Locality Chambal River, Rajasthan, India
Vaibhav Mishra 16 April 2010 1 year ago 3.6 -
One adult in flight. You can see the spines of the joints of the wings.
Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India
Carmelo López 21 May 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
An adult bird foraging on the river edge.
Locality Chambal Safari Boating Platform, Chambal River, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 February 2011 11 weeks ago 3.3 -
On the river shore
Locality Chambal River, Rajasthan, India
Guy Poisson 6 November 2006 1 year ago 3 -
River Lapwing standing on rocky ground.
Locality Chambal River, Uttar Pradesh, India (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 5 February 2008 2 years ago 3 -
A bird with Red-wattled Lapwing
Locality Rajasthan, India
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 28 February 2008 3 years ago 3
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Calls by two birds walking in a sandbar amongst a group of Indian Skimmers. Locality Chambal Safari Boating Platform, Chambal River, Rajasthan, India
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 February 2011 45 weeks ago 4.3
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