White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus [MHK Lichtenstein, 1823] |
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family: Charadriidae |
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BTO Codes:
, WHTPL
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EURING No: 4920 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
28 cm
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Wingspan: 68 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 150 g
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Scientific name from:
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L.: vannus a winnowing fan (in ref. to its floppy flight) and Gr.: leukos + oura=tail |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: sc Asia, WINTERS: to ne Africa & e India |
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Habitat:
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Marsh, flooded fields, lakes, rivers |
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Diet:
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Warwickshire, 1975
(Dean, A.R. et al. 1977. British Birds 70:465-471)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
4
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Dumfries & Galloway
(2007),
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North-east England:
Durham
(1984),
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North-west England:
Lancashire
(2007),
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English Midlands:
Shropshire
(1984),
Warwickshire
(1975),
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Eastern England:
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South-east England:
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South-west England:
Dorset
(1979),
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Wales:
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| White-tailed Lapwing | |
| Gaelic: | Welsh: Cornchwiglen Gynffonwen |
| Danish: Sumpvibe | Dutch: Witstaartkievit |
| Finnish: Suohyyppä | French: Vanneau à queue blanche |
| German: Weißschwanzsteppenkiebitz | Hungarian: Fehérfarkú lilebíbic |
| Icelandic: Flóavepja | Irish: |
| Italian: Pavoncella codabianca | Norwegian: Sumpvipe |
| Polish: Czajka stepowa | Portuguese: Abibe-de-cauda-branca |
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Spanish:
Avefría coliblanca
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Swedish: Sumpvipa |
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