Lapwing
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Lapwings are any of various ground-nesting birds akin to plovers and dotterels. They range from 10 to 16 inches in length.
Northern lapwing female Marken
Northern lapwing
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The northern lapwing, also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tewit, green plover, or pyewipe or just lapwing, is a bird in the lapwing subfamily. It is common through temperate Eurosiberia.
Lapwing
…colloquially as lapwings. In general, a lapwing can be thought of as a larger plover. In Europe's Anglophone countries, lapwing refers specifically to the northern lapwing, the only member of this group to occur in most of the continent and thus the first bird to go by the English name lapwing (also known as peewit or…
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
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