Spur-winged Lapwing

Vanellus spinosus - Vanneau éperonné Vanneau à éperons

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Charadriidés

  • Genus
    :

    Vanellus

  • Species
    :

    spinosus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 28 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 69 à 81 cm.
  • Weight
    : 130 à 180 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Vanneau éperonné
adult plum. breeding
Vanneau éperonné
adult plum. breeding

Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Vanneau éperonné,
  • Avefría espinosa,
  • tui-tui-ferrão,
  • Spornkiebitz,
  • tüskés bíbic,
  • Sporenkievit,
  • Pavoncella armata,
  • sporrvipa,
  • Sporevipe,
  • cíbik tŕňokrídly,
  • čejka trnitá,
  • Sporevibe,
  • kynsihyyppä,
  • Spoorvlerkkiewiet,
  • fredeluga esperonada,
  • Broddvepja,
  • czajka szponiasta,
  • baltvaigu ķīvīte,
  • ostrogasta priba,
  • Шпорцевый чибис,
  • ツバメゲリ,
  • 黑胸麦鸡,
  • 黑胸距翅麥雞,

Voice song and cries

Vanneau éperonné
adult plum. post breeding

Habitat

Vanneau éperonné
adult plum. breeding

Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creek

s (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes and Flats ; Marine Intertidal : Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Mud Flats and Salt Flats ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Sand Dunes ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Ponds (below 8ha)

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Vanneau éperonné
published: - Updated: 03-06-2015
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