Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles(Boddaert, P, 1783)
English (US) Masked Lapwing
The Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles) 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.
- Scientific name
- Vanellus miles
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Masked Lapwing
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
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The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Vanellus miles miles
- Vanellus miles novaehollandiae
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Tringa miles
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
- Type locality
- Louisiana, ex Daubenton, pi. 835; error, Timor Laut designated as type locality by Mathews, Nov. Zool., 18, 1912, p. 215.
- Original description
- Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton p.51
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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