Spur-winged lapwing: spur-winged plover
- Description
- The spur-winged lapwing has a small claw (spur) on the inside of each wing. It nests in solitary pairs or loose colonies. Outside of the breeding season flocks of up to 15 (occasionally up to 200) individuals may occur. This specimen was collected by Sir John Walrond.
- Accession Loan No.
- 201/1913/5a
- Collection Class
- Birds
- Common Name
- spur-winged lapwing: spur-winged plover
- Simple Name
- bird
- Full Name
- CHARADRIIDAE: Vanellus spinosus (Linnaeus): spur-winged lapwing
- Family Group
- Collector / Excavator
- Walrond, Sir John
- Collection Country
- Egypt
- Collection Area Region
- North Africa
- Collection Continent
- Africa
- Phylum
- CHORDATA: VERTEBRATA
- Family
- CHARADRIIDAE
- Genus
- Vanellus
- Species
- spinosus
