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Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
40.588, 22.8487
Field Notes
Description:
28-31 cm. Metallic glossy green upperparts with blackish crest and bronze scapulars. Very broad wings. Non-breeding adult with buff face, white chin and throat, upperwing-coverts and scapulars have buff fringes. Juvenile similar to non-breeding adult (Wiersma and Sharp 2015).
Habitat:
River delta
Notes:
This species is suspected to be decreasing at a moderately rapid rate. It is therefore classified as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22693949/0)
Greek name: Οπλόπτερος ο γνήσιος. Greek common name: Καλημάνα.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2017
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