Grey-headed lapwing / Graukopfkiebitz (Vanellus cinereus)

Grey-headed lapwings have this typical pattern of black-white-grey in flight. 2024-01-26 16:01:40 Thailand NIKON D5600 ISO 1250
Exposure 1/500

Observations

Only documented observation: 2024-01-26

Description

Classification: Genus Vanellus (Vanellus); Family Charadriidae (Charadriidae)
General:The grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) is a lapwing species which breeds in northeast China and Japan. The mainland population winters in northern Southeast Asia from northeastern India to Cambodia. The Japanese population winters, at least partially, in southern Honshū. [more]

Other Details

Vocalisation

Song: Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording.
Song attributes: Frequency:
XC114440 - Grey-headed Lapwing - Vanellus cinereus - call, Inner Mongolia, nr Tumuji Town, China.
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Calls: 1: Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording.

2: Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording.

XC414502 - Grey-headed Lapwing - Vanellus cinereus - flight call, Jilin Sheng, China.
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