Brown-chested lapwing
| Brown-chested lapwing | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Vanellus |
| Species: | V. superciliosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Vanellus superciliosus (Reichenow, 1886) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Anomalophrys superciliosus (Reichenow, 1886) | |
The brown-chested lapwing (Vanellus superciliosus) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family. It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritania, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.
It is a carnivorous bird feeding on insects, larvae, crickets, bugs, grasshoppers etc. Their preferred habitat is grassy lands, open savannas or grounds of Mopane forests.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Vanellus superciliosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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