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WetlandScrapeMedium · 218 g
What the Northern Lapwing sounds like
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The northern lapwing is a 28–33 cm (11–13 in) long bird with a 67–87 cm (26–34 in) wingspan and a body mass of 128–330 g (4.5–11.6 oz). It has rounded wings and a crest. It is also the shortest-legged of the lapwings. Its plumage is mainly black and white, but its back is tinted green. The male has a long crest and a black crown, throat and breast, which contrast with an otherwise white face. Females and young birds have shorter crests and less distinct markings on their heads, but their plumage is otherwise quite similar.
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When to see the Northern Lapwing
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Northern Lapwing
The map shades 94 countries with regular records, and 3 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Canada, Malaysia, North Korea.
About the Northern Lapwing
The northern lapwing, also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tewit, green plover, or pyewipe or just lapwing, is a bird in the lapwing subfamily. It is common through temperate Eurosiberia.
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Easily confused with
Southern LapwingVanellus chilensisThis lapwing is the only crested wader in South America.
Masked LapwingVanellus milesThe masked lapwing is the largest representative of the family Charadriidae.
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicusRed-wattled lapwings are large waders, about 35 cm (14 in) long.
Side by side: Northern Lapwing vs Southern Lapwing · Masked Lapwing vs Northern Lapwing · Northern Lapwing vs Red-wattled Lapwing
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