Red-kneed Dotterel vs Yellow-wattled Lapwing

Red-kneed Dotterel

Erythrogonys cinctus

Small51 gWetland

Adults distinctively marked: black cap or hood from bill, extending below eyes, merging at nape to grey-brown of back. White chin and throat. Broad black band on breast joining nape and also extending to flanks as chestnut stripe. Belly and vent white. Back and mantle grey-brown, mainly black upperwing with white trailing edge. Upper leg, including tarsal joint or "knee", red. Bill red with dark tip.

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Photo: Ed Dunens · CC BY 2.0

Yellow-wattled Lapwing

Vanellus malabaricus

Medium140 gGrassland

These are conspicuous and unmistakable birds found in dry stony and open grassland or scrub habitats. They are medium-sized pale brown waders with a black crown which is separated from the brown on the neck by a narrow white band and large yellow facial wattles. The chin and throat are black and the brown neck and upper breast is separated from the white belly by a narrow blackish line. The tail has a subterminal black band which does not extend into the outer tail-feathers. There is a white wingbar on the inner half of the wing. The bill is yellow at the base.

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Photo: Srivatsan Ramkumar · CC BY 4.0

Photos and recordings are credited to their authors under the licence shown. Full profiles: Red-kneed Dotterel and Yellow-wattled Lapwing.