- Vanellus resplendens
Identification
33 cm
- Grey head, neck
- A blackish line separates the grey breas from the white belly
- Black-tipped pink bill
- Pink legs
- Red eye-ring
Distribution
South America: occurs in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Andean paramo (moors) and wetlands, pastures, riverbanks at about 3,800 meters
Behaviour
Diet
There is no information available on their diet.
Breeding
Four eggs have been seen in a plant-lined scrape nest.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Arthur Grosset
- BF member observations
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Andean Lapwing. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Andean_Lapwing
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
