Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus malabaricus(Boddaert, P, 1783)
English (US) Yellow-wattled Lapwing
The Yellow-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus) 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: southern Indus Valley of Pakistan, inland India eastward to central Assam, and Sri LankaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Vanellus malabaricus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Charadrius malarbaricus
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
- Type locality
- Malabar Coast, ex Daubenton, pi. 880.
- Original description
- Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton p.53
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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