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Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
(L 13-15" Wt 8.8-15 oz)
Conspicuous in grasslands and
pastures ...increasing with
deforestation.
near San Isidro
21Jan2011
It‘s been years don’t know how long nor i‘ll not lie
And that’s going back to when I was a boy
When last i saw the wandering bird lapwing
One cold and windy day in early Spring.
(Francis Duggan)
Vanellus means litle fan.
© Andrés M.
Cuervo
Macaulay
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