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Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus

Overview

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.1

Taxonomy

Charadriiformes > Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings) > Shorebirds

Sightings

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Places Seen

  • Flevoland, Netherlands

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Footnotes

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_lapwing