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Javan Lapwing
Plate 1 of 2. (c) Wagler, 1827, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · via iNaturalist
IUCN CR · Critically endangered

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Javan Lapwing

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Javan Lapwing

Vanellus macropterus

The Javan lapwing (Vanellus macropterus) also known as Javanese lapwing and Javanese wattled lapwing is (or was) a wader in the lapwing family.

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Range & habitat

This large, long-legged wader inhabited wide steppe-like marshes in river deltas and behind coastal sand dunes in Java. The species is known historically from two areas on the island of Java, one in the west along the north coast and one in the east along the south coast.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4865.