Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
About Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
- Family: Plovers
The red-wattled lapwing is an Asian lapwing or large plover, a wader in the family Charadriidae. Like other lapwings they are ground birds that are incapable of perching. Their characteristic loud alarm calls are indicators of human or animal movements and the sounds have been variously rendered as did he do it or pity to do it leading to the colloquial name of did-he-do-it bird. Usually seen in pairs or small groups not far from water, they sometimes form large aggregations in the non-breeding season (winter). They nest in a ground scrape laying three to four camouflaged eggs. Adults near the nest fly around, diving at potential predators while calling noisily. The cryptically patterned chicks hatch and immediately follow their parents to feed, hiding by lying low on the ground or in the grass when threatened.
Source: Wikipedia
Visits
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2006-01-02
Delhi - Okhla, India -
2006-01-09
Kheoladeo National Park, India -
2006-01-20
Jim Corbett National Park - Dhikala, India -
2013-02-04
Hua Hin, ThailandSeen from the train. -
2013-02-05
Kuiburi, Thailand -
2013-02-10
Khao Yai National Park, Thailand -
2013-02-14
Kaziranga NP, India -
2013-02-19
Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary, India -
2016-12-29
Dubai Creek Park, United Arab Emirates -
2016-12-30
Ras Al Khor, United Arab Emirates -
2017-01-15
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates -
2017-01-16
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
