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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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    lapwings. In general, a lapwing can be thought of as a larger plover. In Europe's Anglophone countries, lapwing refers specifically to the northern lapwing...
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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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    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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    black crest like northern lapwing and the bill and legs are red. The tail is white, tipped black. In flight, the black-headed lapwing's upperwings have...
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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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    began each year. The ground-nesting green plover is more formally the northern lapwing, binomial name Vanellus vanellus. Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)...
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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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  • found in Australia and southern New Guinea Northern lapwing, a species of bird found in Eurasia and northern Africa Peewit, a fictional dwarf in the Belgian...
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  • marble Pee-wee, an American variant of the cricket-like game gillidanda Northern lapwing or "peewit", a European plover Pee Vee (disambiguation) Peavey (disambiguation)...
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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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    vanellus (northern lapwing), has a wispy crest, only two other species do so. Red or yellow facial wattles are a more typical decoration. Only northern, sociable...
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    crown). The pound coin introduced in 1990 featured a red deer stag. The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) was declared the Republic of Ireland's national...
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    Charadriidae is unsettled. At various times the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings of family Charadriidae have been distributed among several subfamilies...
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    significant numbers of gadwall and northern shoveler. Other wild birds include Eurasian bittern, northern pintail, northern lapwing, water rail, ring-necked parakeet...
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  • white-fronted goose, and Britain's largest flock of bean goose, as well as northern lapwing, common redshank and common snipe. The RSPB controls the water levels...
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    grasslands are in a good condition for breeding common redshank and Northern lapwing, this being helped by the grazing of cattle which helps to make the...
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  • fulva (A) Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus Spur-winged lapwing, Vanellus spinosus Sociable lapwing, Vanellus gregarius (A) White-tailed lapwing, Vanellus...
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    his violent nature. English translators and poets probably had the northern lapwing in mind, considering its crest. The Eurasian hoopoe was chosen as the...
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    Portugal, October 2014 - NRP Guadiana (P 593) OVDL Combat P562 Viben (Northern lapwing) - 1995 15 January 1996 7 October 2010 Sold to Portugal, October 2014...
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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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    silver, aiming for their acceptance at par with full-bodied coins. As the Northern Dutch Republic just declared its independence from the Spanish crown, there...
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    tufted duck, ringed and little ringed plover, common redshank and northern lapwing. Canada geese have become naturalised and they are permanent residents...
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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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    (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) (average adult weight 9.2 g (0.32 oz)) to an adult northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (average adult weight 219 g (7.7 oz)). Furthermore...
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    The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings. The family contains 69 species that are divided into 10 genera. The family...
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  • Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus – W Yellow-wattled lapwing, Vanellus malarbaricus – r River lapwing, Vanellus duvaucelii – R Grey-headed lapwing,...
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    variety of birds including a mute swan, grey heron, barn swallow and northern lapwing. Sledmere House is set within a park of 960 acres (3.9 km2) designed...
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  • Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015. "Lapwing's tricolour feathers fit the bill". Irish Independent. 11 March 2017. Retrieved...
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    Sea. Bewick's swans breeding in eastern Russia migrate via Mongolia and northern China to winter in the coastal regions of Korea, Japan, and southern China...
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