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;[[:Category:Vanellus|Vanellus]] leucurus | ;[[:Category:Vanellus|Vanellus]] leucurus | ||
[[Image:White-tailed_Lapwing2.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Charlie M<br />Location: Wimpey Pits, Dubai]] | [[Image:White-tailed_Lapwing2.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Charlie M<br />Location: Wimpey Pits, Dubai]] | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | Brown back and foreneck, paler face and grey breast, yellow legs, pure white tail, brown, white and black wings. Young birds have a scaly back, and may show some brown in the tail. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Iraq]], [[Iran]] and southern [[Russia]]. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Inland marshes. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | 4 eggs are laid in a ground nest. | ||
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| + | The diet includes insects. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Vanellus+leucurus}} | {{GSearch|Vanellus+leucurus}} | ||
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1037&Bird_Image_ID=2560&Bird_Family_ID=109 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1037&Bird_Image_ID=2560&Bird_Family_ID=109 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Vanellus]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Vanellus]][[category:incomplete]] |
Revision as of 13:44, 20 August 2008
Alternative name: White-tailed Plover Chettusia leucara
- Vanellus leucurus
Identification
Brown back and foreneck, paler face and grey breast, yellow legs, pure white tail, brown, white and black wings. Young birds have a scaly back, and may show some brown in the tail.
Distribution
Iraq, Iran and southern Russia.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Inland marshes.
Behaviour
4 eggs are laid in a ground nest.
The diet includes insects.
