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White-tailed Lapwing
Vanellus leucurus
30.3918, 49.4934
Field Notes
Description:
26-29 cm
Pale greyish-brown head and body
Indistinct supercilium
Very long yellow legs
Flight: All white tail and black and white wing pattern
Juvenile: Scaly upperparts
South east Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia: found in south-eastern Turkey to Afghanistan; winters north-eastern Africa to India.
Scarce migrant to western and northern Europe.
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PublishedMay 31, 2013
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