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Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Verified source photographRoy LowryCC-BY · View source
PRB-0092Charadriiformes

Northern Lapwing

Avefría Europea

Vanellus vanellus

Accidental / vagrantIUCN NT · Near Threatened

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.

FamilyCharadriidaePlovers and Lapwings
Puerto Rico occurrenceAccidental / vagrantAvibase inferred core 380
Primary habitatwetlandsWetland
Primary dietInvertebrateOmnivore
Average mass223 gGlobal trait estimate
MovementMigratory; Sedentary / residentTerrestrial

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XC1071181Recording 1 of 3flight call
Spectrogram of Northern Lapwing: flight call
SpectrogramVanellus vanellus

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Sound recorded by Cureau Hervé · XC1071181 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.

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Catalog scopeAvibase inferred core 380

About the Northern Lapwing

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.

Conservation

Near Threatened

IUCN NT

Global IUCN
NT
Puerto Rico DNER
No current listing in source crosswalk
Federal ESA
No current listing in source crosswalk
Critical habitat
Not identified in source crosswalk

Natural history

How it lives

Habitat
wetlands
Elevation
0–1300 m
Nest
Scrape · Grass
Clutch
4–4 eggs
Social behavior
Colonial; Social / flocking; Solitary

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