Vanellus tricolor

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 959 meters (0 to 3,146 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.1     Savanna - Dry   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.5     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
  
•     14.2     Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Vanellus tricolor (Vieillot, 1818)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Vanellus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 34 species and subspecies in this genus:

V. albiceps (Whie-Headed Plover) · V. armatus (Blacksmith Lapwing) · V. cayanus (Cayenne Plover) · V. chilensis (Southern Lapwing) · V. chilensis chilensis (Southern Lapwing) · V. cinereus (Gray-Headed Lapwing) · V. coronatus (Crowned Lapwing) · V. coronatus coronatus (Crowned Lapwing) · V. crassirostris (Long-Toed Lapwing) · V. crassirostris crassirostris (Long-Toed Lapwing) · V. duvaucelii (River Lapwing) · V. gregarius (Red-Wattled Lapwing) · V. indicus (Red Wattled Lapwing) · V. indicus indicus (Red-Wattled Lapwing) · V. leucurus (White-Tailed Lapwing) · V. lugubris (Lesser Black-Winged Plover) · V. macropterus (Javanese Wattled Lapwing) · V. malabaricus (Yellow Wattled Lapwing) · V. malarbaricus (Yellow-Wattled Lapwing) · V. melanocephalus (Spot-Breasted Lapwing) · V. melanopterus (Black-Winged Lapwing) · V. melanopterus melanopterus (Black-Winged Lapwing) · V. miles (Masked Lapwing) · V. miles miles (Masked Lapwing) · V. miles novaehollandiae (Australian Spur-Winged Lapwing) · V. resplendens (Andean Lapwing) · V. senegallus (African Wattled Lapwing) · V. senegallus senegallus (African Wattled Lapwing) · V. spinosus (Spur-Winged Lapwing) · V. superciliosus (Brown-Chested Wattled Plover) · V. tectus (Black-Headed Lapwing) · V. tectus tectus (Black-Headed Lapwing) · V. tricolor (Banded Lapwing) · V. vanellus (Northern Lapwing)

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Further Reading

• Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 148.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 238.
• List of the specimens of birds in the collection of the British Museum. London: Printed by the order of the Trustees, 1848-1856. url p. 65.
• Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 3 1968 San Diego, Calif.: The Society, 1931-1989. url p. 47.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 981.
• Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 93, p. 95.
• Revue méthodique et critique des collections déposées dans cet établissement. Leyden, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. url p. 67.
• The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies / London; H. Sotheran & Co., [1888] url p. 187.
• Type-specimens of birds in the British Museum (Natural History) / by R.L.M. Warren & C.J.O. Harrison. London: BM(NH), 1966-1973. url p. 298.
• Zoological researches in Java, and the neighbouring islands / by Thomas Horsfield. London: Printed for Kingsbury, Parbury, & Allen, 1824. url .

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2009. Vanellus tricolor. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:

• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8264
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176502
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2480765
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176502
• IUCN ID: 248312
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 142298

Footnotes

1. Mean = 220.270 meters (722.671 feet), Standard Deviation = 242.930 based on 51 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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