southern lapwing
vanellus chilensis latin

These three seem to be very closely related to the Southern Lapwing and all were placed in Belonopterus by the describing authors.

The Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) is a large long-legged bird.

The Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) is a wader in the family Charadriiformes.

The Southern Lapwing breeds on grassland and sometimes ploughed fields, and has an aerobatic flapping display flight.

Southern Lapwing, Vanellus chilensis Alternatively placed in Ptiloscelys or Belonopterus:

The Uruguay national rugby union team, more commonly known as the Los Teros (Southern Lapwing), represent Uruguay at the international level.

During its slow flapping flight, the Southern Lapwing shows a broad white wing bar separating the grey-brown of the back and wing coverts from the black flight feathers.

Separated by the Rocky Mountains, V. downsi makes an unlikely ancestor to the Southern Lapwing, but it is certainly possible that it was a northwestern sister species.

Although it appears to be related to the Southern Lapwing (Belonopterus chilensis) and the Andean Lapwing (Belonopterus resplendens), it is quite distinct from Vanellus.

The Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis), a shorebird, has recently bred upon the island; having spread to Barbados from Trinidad and Tobago and Northern South America.

They are terrestrial predators of birds, lizards and rodents in the ravines and forested areas, feeding on Southern lapwing, Austral Thrush, Chucao Tapaculo, Huet-huet, domestic geese and chicken.

Late Pleistocene lapwing bones from Florida were initially described as Dorypaltus prosphatus but have since been regarded as indistinguishable trom those of the Southern Lapwing of our time, except by being smaller.

The entirely extinct prehistoric species V. downsi is closely related to the Southern Lapwing found in California; its remains have been found at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles.

The Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) is a large long-legged bird.

The Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) is a wader in the family Charadriiformes.

The Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis), a shorebird, has recently bred upon the island; having spread to Barbados from Trinidad and Tobago and Northern South America.