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Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Scientific name definitions

Popko Wiersma, Guy M. Kirwan, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 13, 2017

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Distribution of the Northern Lapwing - Range Map
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Distribution of the Northern Lapwing

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Recommended Citation

Wiersma, P., G. M. Kirwan, and C. J. Sharpe (2020). Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.norlap.01
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