Northern Lapwing

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Northern Lapwing	Home Bird Orders
Photo by Joaquim Antunes © all rights reserved Visit his superb photo collection	Green Plover. Peewit,	Alternate name
	Vanellus vanellus	Scientific name
	Charadriiformes	Order
	Charadriidae	Family
	28-31cm	Length
	Pastureland, grassland and fens, often near water.	Habitat
	3-4 eggs are incubated in about 28days mostly by female.	Clutch
	Invertebrates, small frogs and some plant material.	Food Diet
	Defends eggs chicks by feigning injury to lure predators away or flying at it to scare it of.	Habits
	3137	World No
	Least Concern (Their numbers have declined in the UK. Sympathetic farming methods are needed)	Status


Visit his superb picture gallery June 25, 2007 by Jose Viana © all rights reserved

Slideshow courtesy The Friends Of Worldbirds © all rights reserved		Image November 20, 2008 by sparkyfaisca © all rights reserved
Video by blogglb 13 October 2007 © all rights reserved		Photos by Keith Murdock Upton Warren Even when he looks away the Lapwing can see you with both eyes.
Northern Lapwing calls (Vanellus vanellus) Niels Krabbe XC25909 06-06-1988, Denmark Northern Lapwing display calls & wing sounds (Vanellus vanellus) Stuart Fisher XC25935 02-05-2001, United Kingdom Northern Lapwing Alarmcall (Vanellus vanellus) Patrik Åberg XC27061 11-05-2008, Sweden	Northern Lapwing song (Vanellus vanellus) Patrik Åberg XC27060 16-03-2008, Sweden Northern Lapwing Alarmcall (Vanellus vanellus) Patrik Åberg XC27062 03-05-2008, Sweden Northern Lapwing Alarmcall (Vanellus vanellus) Patrik Åberg XC27062 03-05-2008, Sweden

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