Black-headed Lapwing

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Charadriidae
Genus:	Vanellus
Species:	V. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Least Concern ( LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large Birds It includes about 350 Species and has members in all parts of the world The bird family Charadriidae includes the Plovers Dotterels and Lapwings about 64 to 66 Species in all Vanellus is the genus of Waders which provisionally contains all Lapwings except Red-kneed Dotterel, Erythrogonys cinctus. tectus

Binomial name

Vanellus tectus
(Boddaert, 1783)

Synonyms

Charadrius tectus Boddaert, 1783
Hoplopterus tectus (Boddaert, 1783)
Lobivanellus tectus (Boddaert, 1783)
Sarciophorus tectus (Boddaert, 1783)

The Black-headed Plover or Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus) is a large lapwing, a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae. Pieter Boddaert (1730 or 1733 Middelburg - 6 May 1795, Utrecht) was a Dutch Physician and naturalist. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or In Scientific nomenclature, synonyms are different Scientific names used for a single Taxon. Vanellinae are a Subfamily of medium-sized wading Birds belonging to the family Charadriidae, which also includes the Plovers Waders, called shorebirds in North America (where "wader" is used to refer to long-legged wading Birds such as Storks and The bird family Charadriidae includes the Plovers Dotterels and Lapwings about 64 to 66 Species in all It is a resident breeder across sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia, although it has seasonal movements. The Sahara (الصحراء الكبرى aṣ-ṣaḥrā´ al-kubra, "The Great Desert" is the world's largest hot Desert and the world's second largest Senegal (le Sénégal officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page It lays two or three eggs on a ground scrape.

These are conspicuous and unmistakable birds. Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. They are medium-large waders with a black head other than a white forehead, lower face and bands across the rear head and nape. There is a wispy black crest like Northern Lapwing and the bill and legs are red. The tail is white, tipped black.

In flight, Black-headed Plover's upperwings have black flight feathers and brown coverts separated by a white bar. The underwings are white with black flight feathers.

This species is a common breeder in wet lowland habitats close to water. It often feeds in drier habitats, such as golf courses and grassy scrub, picking insects and other invertebrates from the ground. Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described

Black-headed Plover has a metallic tink-tink call.

References

BirdLife International (2004). Vanellus tectus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

Shorebirds - An Identification Guide to the Waders of the World by John Marchant, A. J. Prater and Peter Hayman ISBN 0-395-60237-8 (paperback) ISBN 0-7099-2034-2 (hardback). Peter Hayman (born 1930 in England) is a British ornithologist and illustrator

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