White-tailed Lapwing
Vanellus leucurus(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
English (US) White-tailed Lapwing
The White-tailed Lapwing (Vanellus leucurus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds inland central Türkiye eastward to northwestern Afghanistan and southward from Persian Gulf to southwestern Pakistan; winters to Eritrea and Persian Gulf regions eastward to southwestern PakistanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Vanellus leucurus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-tailed Lapwing
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius leucurus
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
- Type locality
- Between the Kuwan and Ian Daria, Turkestan.
- Original description
- Reise von Orenburg nach Buchara p.137
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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