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    (c) Ad Konings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Vearl Brown, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Paul Hoekman, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) tarredandfeathered, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Richard Gill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Peter Gräbner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Crowned Lapwing

Vanellus coronatus

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About

The crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus), or crowned plover, is a bird of the lapwing subfamily that occurs contiguously from the Red Sea coast of Somalia to southern and southwestern Africa. It is an adaptable and numerous species, with bold and noisy habits. It is related to the more localized black-winged and Senegal lapwings, with which it shares some plumage characteristics.

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