Vanellus cinereus
Grey-headed Lapwing
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Charadriidae
Genus
Vanellus
Species
Vanellus cinereus
Status
least concern
Colours
Distinguishing features
It has a grey head and neck, darker grey breast band and white belly. The back is brown, the rump is white and the tail is black. This is a striking species in flight, with black primaries, white under wings and upper wing secondaries, and brown upper wing coverts.
Adults of both sexes are similarly plumaged, but males are slightly larger than females. Young birds have the white areas of plumage tinged with grey, a less distinct breast band, and pale fringes to the upperpart and wing covert feathers. (Wikipedia)
Size
- From 34 cm to 37 cm (Length of specimen)
Wingspan
- Wingspan data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Audio recordings
A pair flying around and being very noisy to intruders. I was well away from their nesting area but they still came close over my head. Recorded at Nanchang. Southern end of Qianhu in China.
© Michael Grunwell
(source)
