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Northern Lapwing/tofsvipa. Värmland, Sweden (1 June 2026).

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A blacksmith lapwing (Vanellus armatus) in Kruger National Park, South Africa

by Bernard Dupont

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Leif Ragn-Jensen (1911 - 1993). Bird of Prey Attacking Lapwing, 1983. Oil on canvas.

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southern lapwing! they have little spikes on theyre wings.. theyre so spooky theyre also called "quero-quero" in portuguese! meaning "want-want" because that's what it sounds like theyre saying (altough i dont really hear it lol)

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As the requester said, these are commonly called quero-quero in Brazil. They are also known as tero in Argentina and Uruguay, tero-tero in Paraguay, and queltehue in Chile!

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A Lapwing Feathursday

The Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) is a wading bird in the family Charadriidae, which includes lapwings, plovers, and dotterels. It is a resident of Great Britain where the noted British naturalist artist and illustrator Charles Tunnicliffe (1901-1979) observed these birds and depicted them in his chapter on "Plumage Study" in Bird Portraiture (“How To Do It” Series No. 35), published in London and New York by The Studio in 1945. Tunnicliffe writes:

I think you will agree now that a knowledge of plumage changes is important, for it would never due to put a fine cock Lapwing, in summer plumage, in the middle of a December landscape. Remember that there is always a fierce ornithologist just round the corner, ready to pounce and rend you as soon as you make a "birdy" faux-pas.

Our copy of Bird Portraiture is from the collection of the Library of the Akron Art Institute with its bookplate, and is a gift to UWM Special Collections from our friend Tony Drehfal.