Mar 12
Quero-quero/Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
Patrícia Nicoloso
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Quero-quero/Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
Patrícia Nicoloso
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Southern Lapwing
Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
© Diego Oscar / Sandpiper Birding & Tours
Southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
Photo by Gabriel Paladino Ibáñez
The southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis), or Tero as it's commonly known in some parts of South America, is a bird known for faking a location for its nest and defending it fiercely to distract predators from the actual location of the nest. It's known as a centinel in many rural zones of Argentina and Chile due to their screams alerting the owners of people at the entrance, since they nest on grassland.
