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Wattled Lapwing

Vanellus senegallus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 80, February 63, March 48, April 60, May 48, June 32, July 40, August 43, September 64, October 100, November 111, December 61.
South Africa750
Gauteng295
Kenya196
Narok185
KwaZulu-Natal173
Mpumalanga171
Zambia132
Tanzania57
Limpopo55
Southern48

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderShorebirds and Allies · Charadriiformes
FamilyPlovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae
GenusLapwings · Vanellus

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