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White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus [MHK Lichtenstein, 1823]
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Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Charadriidae
BTO Codes:
, WHTPL
EURING No:
4920
Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
Not a species of concern
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
28 cm
Wingspan:
68 cm
Weight:
M/F: 150 g
Scientific name from:
L.: vannus a winnowing fan (in ref. to its floppy flight)
and Gr.: leukos + oura =tail
World Distribution:
BREEDS: sc Asia, WINTERS: to ne Africa & e India
Habitat:
Marsh, flooded fields, lakes, rivers
Diet:
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Warwickshire, 1975
(Dean, A.R. et al. 1977. British Birds 70:465-471)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
4
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
No Records
North-east England:
Durham
(1984),
North-west England:
No Records
English Midlands:
Shropshire
(1984),
Eastern England:
No Records
South-east England:
No Records
South-west England:
Wales:
No Records
Other Names
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
Spanish:
Avefría coliblanca
Swedish:
Sumpvipa
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