{"id":13156,"date":"2021-09-01T08:16:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T07:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=13156"},"modified":"2021-09-01T08:21:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T07:21:28","slug":"white-tailed-lapwing-vanellus-leucurus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=13156","title":{"rendered":"White-tailed Lapwing
Vanellus leucurus<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

– medium-sized wader, slightly larger than European Golden Plover<\/a>
\n– Central Asian origin, very rare vagrant to WP
\n– diurnal\/nocturnal migrant
\n– migrates singly or in small, rather dense flocks<\/p>\n

>> VISUAL ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nWhite-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3603, 02\/06\/2018, Baliqcilar, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– brownish grey mantle, neck and crown, slightly contrasting grey face
\n– slender and pointed black bill, a tad longer than\u00a0in Sociable Lapwing<\/a>
\n– very long yellow legs, a large part of the tarsus protrudes the tail -> Grey-headed Lapwing<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nWhite-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3603, 01\/03\/2010, Bilesuvar, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– pure white tail
\n– white band separates black hand and bronwnish grey mantle -> missing in\u00a0Sociable Lapwing<\/a>
\n– uniform brownish grey mantle, while JUV\/1CY show pale fringes<\/p>\n

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\nWhite-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3605, 02\/06\/2018, Baliqcilar, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– plain grey brown throat and upper breast, narrow black breast band sharply contrasting to white belly
\n– lacks the black eye stripe of\u00a0Sociable Lapwing<\/a>
\n– dark eyes in AD and 1CY<\/p>\n

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\nWhite-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3606, 01\/03\/2010, Bilesuvar, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– blacks primaries, white secondaries, outer secondaries with black tips
\n– narrow black line on inner arm separates brown mantle from white secondaries<\/p>\n

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\nWhite-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3607, 01\/06\/2018, Salyan, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– white band on the wing reaches the leading edge (cf.\u00a0Sociable Lapwing<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\nVanellus leucurus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3608, 01\/06\/2018, Salyan, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df<\/p>\n

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\nWhite-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3607, 01\/06\/2018, Salyan, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– even at great distance, tri-coloured upperwings, pure white underwings and long legs are good pointers<\/p>\n

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

– in flight usually a distinctive broadband<\/em>, nasal piping call
\n– all three parts (overslur\/upslur\/overslur) broadly modulated<\/em>
\n– many inharmonic partials<\/em><\/p>\n\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/BIF3601-0_PFR05369_1-11_110412_BIO_wtlapw-AV_kz_komsomolskoe-aue_MS.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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\n– overview –
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\n– detail –
\nWhite-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus<\/em>, call in flight<\/strong>
\nBIF3601, 12\/04\/2011, Komsomolskoe, Kazakhstan, Patrick Franke<\/p>\n\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/BIF3602-1_SKL_1-11_210813_043800_wtlapw-1-FC_d_bb_zichow.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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\n– overview –
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\n– detail –
\nWhite-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus<\/em>, call in flight<\/strong>
\nGreen Sandpiper Tringa ochropus<\/em>, call in flight<\/strong>
\nBlack-crowned Nightheron Nycticorax nycticorax<\/em>, call in flight<\/strong>
\nCommon Quail Coturnix coturnix<\/em>, calls<\/strong>
\nBIF3602, 13\/08\/2021, Randwotal, Germany, Steve Klasan<\/p>\n\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/BIF2550-0_MHExxx_1-11_120529_VanLeu_aze_besh-barmag.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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\n– overview –
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\n– detail –
\nWhite-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus<\/em>, call during migration<\/strong>
\nBIF2550, 29\/05\/2012, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df<\/p>\n

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

Spur-winged Lapwing<\/a> (v)
\nGrey-headed Lapwing<\/a> (v)
\nSociable Lapwing<\/a> (v)
\nNorthern Lapwing<\/a> (v)
\nSabine’s Gull (v)<\/p>\n

#shorebird #wader<\/p>\n

#ornithology #birdmigration #birdID #birdguide #birding #birdwatching #birdsound #westernpalearctic #europe #vismig #flightcalls #middleeast #northernafrica #workinprogress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>> – medium-sized wader, slightly larger than European Golden Plover – Central Asian origin, very rare vagrant to WP – diurnal\/nocturnal migrant – migrates singly or in small, rather dense flocks >> VISUAL ID >>>>> White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus, AD BIF3603, 02\/06\/2018, Baliqcilar, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df – brownish grey mantle, neck and crown, … Continue reading White-tailed Lapwing
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