Lapwing

rdf:langString Lapwing

rdf:langString Lapwings

rdf:langString Bonaparte, 1842

rdf:langString A lapwing and a chaffinch at Carrington Moss, in England

rdf:langString Carrington moss birch road.ogg

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rdf:langString Vanellus

rdf:langString and see text

rdf:langString Erythrogonys

rdf:langString Vanellinae

rdf:langString "Birdsong at Carrington Moss"

rdf:langString Lapwings (subfamily Vanellinae) are any of various ground-nesting birds (family Charadriidae) akin to plovers and dotterels. They range from 10 to 16 inches (25 to 41 cm) in length, and are noted for their slow, irregular wingbeats in flight and a shrill, wailing cry. A group of lapwings is called a "deceit". The traditional terms "plover", "lapwing", and "dotterel" do not correspond exactly to current taxonomic models; thus, several of the Vanellinae are often called plovers, and one a dotterel, while a few of the "true" plovers (subfamily Charadriinae) are known colloquially as lapwings. In general, a lapwing can be thought of as a larger plover. In Europe's Anglophone countries, lapwing refers specifically to the northern lapwing, the only member of this group to occur in most of the continent and thus the first bird to go by the English name lapwing (also known as peewit or pyewipe).