Long-toed Lapwing*
Lake Victoria
26Oct2014
Widespread in eastern
Sub-Sahara Africa.
Sub-Sahara Africa.
Vanellus crassirostris
(L 12")
Lake Naivasha
20Oct2014
Common Sandpiper in
background
background
*aka Long-toed Plover
For look where Beatrice, like a lapwing, runs
Close by the ground, to near our conference.
(Wm. Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing)
Vanellus is Latin for
lapwing,
literally little fan; crassirostris in
Latin means thick, heavy billed.
literally little fan; crassirostris in
Latin means thick, heavy billed.