{"id":13174,"date":"2021-08-29T20:07:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T19:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=13174"},"modified":"2021-09-01T08:24:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T07:24:39","slug":"grey-headed-lapwing-vanellus-cinereus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=13174","title":{"rendered":"Grey-headed Lapwing
Vanellus cinereus<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

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

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\nGrey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3610, 06\/06\/2014, Sumber, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
\n– pure white underwing coverts and secondaries, black primaries
\n– yellow bill with black tip<\/p>\n

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\nGrey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3611, 06\/06\/2014, Sumber, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
\n– grey head and upper breast, dark breast band sharply contrasting to white belly
\n– long yellow legs, only feet protrude the tail (-> White-tailed Lapwing<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\nGrey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3612, 06\/06\/2014, Sumber, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
\n– white tail with broad black terminal band (broadest in center) -> Sociable Lapwing<\/a>
\n– outermost tail feather with completely white outer vane<\/p>\n

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\nGrey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3613, 06\/06\/2014, Sumber, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
\n– uniform brownish grey mantle, inner wing coverts and scapulars
\n– white on upperwing reaches the leading edge (same in White-tailed Lapwing<\/a>, unlike Sociable Lapwing<\/a>)
\n– black primaries and primary coverts<\/p>\n

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\nGrey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3614, 26\/08\/2019, Sumber, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
\n– yellow bill with black tip (same in AD and in 1CY)
\n– dull yellow-orange iris and yellow eye-ring<\/p>\n

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\nGrey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3615, 026\/08\/2019, Sumber, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
\n– moult in summer, note the dark brown old outermost primary<\/p>\n

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\nGrey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3616, 26\/08\/2019, Sumber, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
\n– white tail with black subterminal band as in\u00a0Sociable Lapwing<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nGrey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus<\/em>, 1CY<\/strong>
\nBIF3617, 28\/08\/2019, Sumber, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
\n– brown mantle with pale fringes
\n– outer secondaries with broad dark tips
\n– dark iris<\/p>\n

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\nGrey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus<\/em>, 1CY<\/strong>
\nBIF3621, 26\/08\/2019, Sumber, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
\n– JUV\/1CY lacks the dark breast band of AD<\/p>\n

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\nGrey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3618, 26\/08\/2019, Sumber, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
\n– white band separates black hand and brownish grey mantle -> missing in\u00a0Sociable Lapwing<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nGrey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3619, 26\/08\/2019, Sumber, Mongolia, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n

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\nGrey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3620, 06\/06\/2014, Sumber, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
\n– at greater distance resembles White-tailed Lapwing<\/a>, very similar wing pattern but note e.g. black terminal band in tail<\/p>\n

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

calls in flight not yet sound recorded<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Spur-winged Lapwing<\/a> (v)
\nSociable Lapwing<\/a> (v)
\nWhite-tailed 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-sizded wader, slightly larger than European Golden Plover – eastern Asian origin, very rare vagrant to WP – nocturnal\/diurnal migrant – migrates singly or in small, rather dense flocks >> VISUAL ID >>>>> Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus, AD BIF3610, 06\/06\/2014, Sumber, Mongolia, Mathias Putze – pure white underwing coverts and secondaries, … Continue reading Grey-headed Lapwing
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