Red-wattled lapwing

Red-wattled lapwing
Vanellus indicus indicus
Calls
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Vanellus
Species:
V. indicus
Binomial name
Vanellus indicus
(Boddaert, 1783)
Bounding distribution range
Synonyms

Hoplopterus indicus
Lobivanellus indicus
Lobivanellus goensis
Tringa indica
Sarcogrammus indicus

The red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) is an Asian lapwing or large plover, a wader in the family Charadriidae. Like other lapwings they are ground birds that are incapable of perching. Their characteristic loud alarm calls are indicators of human or animal movements and the sounds have been variously rendered as did he do it or pity to do it[2] leading to the colloquial name of did-he-do-it bird.[3] Usually seen in pairs or small groups not far from water, they sometimes form large aggregations in the non-breeding season (winter). They nest in a ground scrape laying three to four camouflaged eggs. Adults near the nest fly around, diving at potential predators while calling noisily. The cryptically patterned chicks hatch and immediately follow their parents to feed, hiding by lying low on the ground or in the grass when threatened.[4]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Vanellus indicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22694013A89569039. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22694013A89569039.en.
  2. ^ Jerdon, TC (1864). The Birds of India. George Wyman & Co. pp. 648–649.
  3. ^ Symons, CT (1917). "Note on the breeding habits of the Did-he-do-it Sarcogrammus indicus". Spolia Zeylanica. 10 (39): 397–398.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference marchant was invoked but never defined (see the help page).