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River Lapwing

Shorebirds

Photo: J.M.Garg · CC BY-SA 3.0

Vanellus duvaucelii

Basic stats

Diet

Invertebrates

Habitat

Wetland; rivers

Clutch size

2 eggs

Size

29–32cm

The river lapwing is 29–32 cm long, with a black crest, crown, face and central throat and greyish-white sides to the neck and nape. It has a grey-brown breast band and white underparts with a black belly patch, a brown back, a white rump and a black tail, and it resembles the closely related spur-winged lapwing of Africa. Young birds have brown tips to the black head feathers, a sandier back and pale fringes to the upperparts. The call is a sharp tip-tip or did-did-did (Wikipedia, general species account).

It lays two eggs on a ground scrape (Wikipedia, general species account).

Quick answers

What does the River Lapwing eat?
Invertebrates
What habitat does the River Lapwing live in?
Wetland; rivers
How many eggs does the River Lapwing lay?
2 eggs
How big is the River Lapwing?
29–32cm
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