13,963 observationsLeast Concern
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia βΊPhylum: Chordata βΊClass: Aves βΊOrder: Charadriiformes βΊFamily: Charadriidae βΊGenus: Vanellus
About
The red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) is an Asian lapwing or large plover, a wader in the family Charadriidae. Like other lapwings they are ground birds that are incapable of perching. Their characteristic loud alarm calls are indicators of human or animal movements and the sounds have been variously rendered as did he do it or pity to do it leading to the colloquial name of did-he-do-it bird. Usually seen in pairs or small groups not far...