Lapwings (subfamily Vanellinae) are any of various ground-nesting birds (family Charadriidae) akin to plovers and dotterels. They range from 10 to 16 inches...
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Britain) pyewipe or just lapwing, is a bird in the lapwing subfamily. It is common through temperate Eurosiberia. The northern lapwing was formally described...
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The masked lapwing (Vanellus miles) is a large, common and conspicuous bird native to Australia (particularly the northern and eastern parts of the continent)...
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The sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius), referred to as the sociable plover in the UK, is a wader in the plover family. It is a fully migratory bird...
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refer to: Lapwing class minesweeper, a mine warfare class Lapwing Publications, a publisher based in Belfast USS Lapwing (AM-1), a Lapwing-class minesweeper...
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The red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) is an Asian lapwing or large plover, a wader in the family Charadriidae. Like other lapwings they are ground...
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The southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis), commonly called quero-quero in Brazil, or tero in Argentina and Uruguay, tero-tero in Paraguay, and queltehue...
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The white-crowned lapwing, white-headed lapwing, white-headed plover or white-crowned plover (Vanellus albiceps) is a medium-sized wader. It is resident...
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The blacksmith lapwing or blacksmith plover (Vanellus armatus) is a lapwing species that occurs commonly from Kenya through central Tanzania to southern...
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African wattled lapwing (Vanellus senegallus), also known as the Senegal wattled plover or simply wattled lapwing, is a large lapwing, a group of largish...
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The spur-winged lapwing or spur-winged plover (Vanellus spinosus) is a lapwing species, one of a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae. The...
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The crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus), or crowned plover, is a bird of the lapwing subfamily that occurs contiguously from the Red Sea coast of Somalia...
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white-tailed lapwing or white-tailed plover (Vanellus leucurus) is a wader in the lapwing genus. The genus name Vanellus is Medieval Latin for a lapwing and derives...
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African wattled lapwing (Vanellus senegallus) is sometimes called Senegal wattled plover. The Senegal lapwing or lesser black-winged lapwing (Vanellus lugubris)...
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The Javan lapwing (Vanellus macropterus) also known as Javanese lapwing and Javanese wattled lapwing is (or was) a wader in the lapwing family. This large...
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The Malagasy lapwing (Vanellus madagascariensis) is an extinct type of wader/shorebird, in the lapwing family. It is known only from two subfossil humeri...
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The black-headed lapwing or black-headed plover (Vanellus tectus) is a large lapwing, a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae. It is a resident...
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USS Lapwing may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Lapwing (AM-1) was laid down 25 October 1917 by Todd Shipyard Co., New York...
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The yellow-wattled lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus) is a lapwing that is endemic to the Indian Subcontinent. It is found mainly on the dry plains of peninsular...
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HMS Lapwing, after the northern lapwing, a species of bird: HMS Lapwing (1764) was a 10-gun cutter launched in 1764 and lost in 1765. HMS Lapwing (1785)...
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The grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) is a lapwing species which breeds in northeast China and Japan. The mainland population winters in northern...
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The river lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii) is a lapwing species which breeds from the Indian Subcontinent eastwards to Southeast Asia. It range includes much...
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Lapwing Publications is a publisher based in Belfast and specialising in poetry. The press was founded in 1988 by Dennis and Rene Greig. Since then it...
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spot-breasted lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It is endemic to the Ethiopian highlands. A chunky lapwing of the...
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Pied plover (redirect from Pied Lapwing)
The pied plover (Hoploxypterus cayanus), also known as the pied lapwing, is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It is a bird of least concern...
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Dornier Kiebitz (redirect from Dornier Lapwing)
The Dornier Kiebitz was an unmanned military reconnaissance mobile platform used for battlefield reconnaissance duties such as moving target detection...
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The banded lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) is a small to medium-sized shorebird, found in small parties or large flocks on bare ground in open grasslands...
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Several vessels have been named Lapwing, after the northern lapwing, a species of bird: Lapwing (1787 sloop) traded between London and Africa for the...
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The Andean lapwing (Vanellus resplendens) is a species of bird in family Charadriidae, the plovers and their relatives. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia...
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The black-winged lapwing or greater black-winged lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus) is an east African species that is found from the Ethiopian highlands...
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