The masked lapwing (Vanellus miles) is a large, common and conspicuous bird native to Australia (particularly the northern and eastern parts of the continent)...

indicus Masked lapwing, Vanellus miles Spur-winged lapwing or spur-winged plover, Vanellus spinosus Banded lapwing, Vanellus tricolor Blacksmith lapwing, Vanellus...

spinosus of Africa, whose scientific name it literally translates. The masked lapwing of Australasia was at one time also called "spur-winged plover" (and...

as the ‘spur-winged plover’, is now the masked lapwing; the former ‘sociable plover’ is now the sociable lapwing. They are small to medium-sized birds with...

the AOS separates lapwings as subfamily Vanellinae. BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World includes lapwings in Charadriinae but...

The nictitating membrane of a masked lapwing as it closes over the left eye, originating from the medial canthus...

from two females Great black-backed gull (Larus marinus), small clutch Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles), typical clutch Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)...

variable in size, the largest species of plovers is the Australasian masked lapwing (Vanellus miles) which grows up to 0.4 m (1.3 ft) long with a 0.85 m...

means ‘armed’, suggesting it was named specifically for its spurs. The masked lapwing (also known as the spur-winged plover) has carpal spurs. Nesting pairs...

goose (Plectropterus), the torrent duck (Merganetta) and nine species of lapwing (Vanellus) use a sharp spur on the wing as a weapon. The steamer ducks...