Northern Lapwing

Description:

28-31 cm. Metallic glossy green upperparts with blackish crest and bronze scapulars. Very broad wings. Non-breeding adult with buff face, white chin and throat, upperwing-coverts and scapulars have buff fringes. Juvenile similar to non-breeding adult (Wiersma and Sharp 2015).

Habitat:

River delta

Notes:

This species is suspected to be decreasing at a moderately rapid rate. It is therefore classified as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22693...) Greek name: Οπλόπτερος ο γνήσιος. Greek common name: Καλημάνα.