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| Vanellus malabaricus |
(Boddaert, 1783) |
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Family: Charadriidae |
Order: Charadriiformes |
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Yellow-wattled lapwing |
Vanneau de Malabar |
Avefrķa Malabar |
Gelblappenkiebitz |
| Migration: local migrant |
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some local movements during monsoon, mainly migratory, intracontinental |
Mainly sedentary; local movements to drier areas during monsoon. In lower Sind, Pakistan, present only in
summer, when breeds; arrives late Feb-Mar and departs probably Aug-Sept. Outside breeding season sometimes
occur in small family groups. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1996)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1996) - www.hbw.com,
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| Regions: South & Southeast Asia, West & Central Asia |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |