{"id":13189,"date":"2021-09-01T08:16:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T07:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=13189"},"modified":"2021-09-01T08:28:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T07:28:39","slug":"spur-winged-lapwing-vanellus-spinosus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=13189","title":{"rendered":"Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

– medium-sizded wader, about the size of Northern Lapwing<\/a>
\n– breeder in SE Europe, vagrant to W Europe
\n– nocturnal\/diurnal migrant
\n– migrates singly or in small, rather dense flocks<\/p>\n

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

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\nSpur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3622, 10\/02\/2014, Entebbe, Uganda, Mathias Putze
\n– black crown and forehead, extended white cheeks
\n– steep forehead, black bill and dark red eyes
\n– small spur ‘thumbs’ at carpal joint (wrist)<\/p>\n

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\nSpur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3628, 26\/03\/2019, Israel, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– contrasty black and white from below
\n– black chin and breast stripe, black belly and flanks, white vent<\/p>\n

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\nSpur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3629, 26\/03\/2019, Israel, Michael Hei\u00df
\n– pure white underwing coverts contrasting to black remiges
\n– long legs, feet protrude the tail<\/p>\n

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\nSpur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3622, 10\/02\/2014, Entebbe, Uganda, Mathias Putze
\n– greyisch brown mantle seperated from black remiges and primary coverts by white wing bar
\n– white rump and black rectrices (two outermost with small white tips)<\/p>\n

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\nSpur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3623, 10\/02\/2014, Queen Elizabeth National Parc, Uganda, Mathias Putze
\n– white wing bar reaches the leading edge (same in White-tailed Lapwing<\/a> and Grey-headed Lapwing<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\nSpur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF3625, 10\/02\/2014, Queen Elizabeth National Parc, Uganda, Mathias Putze
\n– at distance told from\u00a0Sociable Lapwing<\/a> by black secondaries and largely black tail
\n– small spurs at carpal joint (wrist) can be seen best against light backgrounds<\/p>\n

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

– very vocal
\n– nevertheless may not have a separate flight or migration call
\n– often heard in flight a piercing, very short impulsive steep upslur<\/em>
\n– main energy between 1 and 7 kHz
\n– monophonic<\/em>
\n– many evenly spaced inharmonic partials<\/em><\/p>\n\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BIF3630-1_PFR07018_0-00_120427_BIO_swlapw-EC_egy_bani-mazar_MS.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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\n– overview –
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\n– detail –
\nSpur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus<\/em>, call in flight<\/strong>
\nZitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis<\/em>, song<\/strong>
\nCrested Lark Galerida cristata<\/em>, song<\/strong>
\nBIF3630, 27\/04\/2012, Sandafa al Far, Egypt, Patrick Franke<\/p>\n

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

Grey-headed 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, about the size of Northern Lapwing – breeder in SE Europe, vagrant to W Europe – nocturnal\/diurnal migrant – migrates singly or in small, rather dense flocks >> VISUAL ID >>>>> Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus, AD BIF3622, 10\/02\/2014, Entebbe, Uganda, Mathias Putze – black crown and forehead, extended white … Continue reading Spur-winged Lapwing
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