White-tailed Lapwing
Vanellus leucurus
The white-tailed lapwing or white-tailed plover is a wader in the lapwing genus. The genus name Vanellus is Medieval Latin for a lapwing and derives from vannus a winnowing fan. The specific leucurus is from Ancient Greek leukouros, "white-tailed".
- Scientific name
- Vanellus leucurus
- Family
- Plovers and Lapwings
- IUCN status
- LC