Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 48,214
- Most observed in
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Conservation
- Near Threatened
Description
The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tewit, green plover, or (in Ireland and Great Britain) pyewipe or just lapwing, is a bird in the lapwing subfamily. It is common through temperate Eurosiberia.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Northern lapwing”.