Long-toed lapwing

Long-toed lapwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Vanellus
Species: V. crassirostris
Binomial name
Vanellus crassirostris
(Hartlaub, 1855)
Synonyms

Chetusia crassirostris Hartlaub, 1855 Hemiparra crassirostris (Hartlaub, 1855)

The long-toed lapwing (Vanellus crassirostris) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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