Vanellus vanellus
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Information for Authority record
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q25392
Library of congress:
sh 95003590
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Hayman, P. Shorebirds, 1986:p. 259 (Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus. Other names: Lapwing, Peewit, Green plover)
- Johnsgard, P.A. The plovers, sandpipers, and snipes of the world, 1981:p. 103 (Eurasian lapwing, Vanellus vanellus. Other vernacular: Green plover; lapwing; peewit)
- Jonsson, L. Birds of Europe, 1993:p. 212 (Lapwing)
- Ehrlich, P.R. The birdwatcher's handbook, 1994:p. 172 (Lapwing)
- Beaman, M. Palearctic birds, 1994:p. 30 (Vanellus vanellus, Northern lapwing. Alternate name: Lapwing)
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Wikipedia description:
The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tewit, green plover, or (in Ireland and Great Britain) pyewipe or just lapwing, is a bird in the lapwing subfamily. It is common through temperate Eurosiberia.
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