Masked lapwing
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The masked lapwing is a large, common and conspicuous bird native to Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. It spends most of its time on the ground searching for food such as insects and worms and ha
Masked lapwing Darwin
Masked lapwing Waitakere
In flight with wing spurs clearly visible
Southern race facial detail. Also shows wing spurs.
Vanellus
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Vanellus is the genus of waders which provisionally contains all lapwings except red-kneed dotterel, Erythrogonys cinctus. The name "vanellus" is Latin for "little fan", vanellus being the diminutive
Masked lapwing
…Louisiana. The locality was re-designated by the Australian ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1912 as Timor Laut (the Tanimbar Islands). The current genus Vanellus was erected by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. Vanellus is the Modern Latin for a "lapwing". It is a diminutive of the Latin…
Vanellus miles novaehollandiae
Keichwa 01
Spur-winged lapwing
Black-headed lapwing