Spur-winged Lapwing
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| Scientific name | Vanellus spinosus |
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| Mass | 190 g |
| Conservation status | Least Concern (Population increasing) |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Higher classification | Lapwings |
| Order | Shorebirds |
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| ID | 2268918 |
About Spur-winged Lapwing
The spur-winged lapwing or spur-winged plover is a lapwing species, one of a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae. It is one of several species of wader supposed to be the "trochilus" bird said by Herodotus to have been involved in an unattested cleaning symbiosis with the Nile crocodile.
Spur-winged lapwing Photos
