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Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis

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About the Southern Lapwing

The southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis), commonly called quero-quero in Brazil, or tero in Argentina and Uruguay, tero-tero in Paraguay, and queltehue in Chile is a wader in the order Charadriiformes. It is a common and widespread resident throughout South America, except in densely forested regions (e.g. most of the Amazon), the higher parts of the Andes, and the arid coast of a large part of western South America. This bird is particularly common in the basin of the Río de la Plata. It has also been spreading through Central America in recent years. It reached Trinidad in 1961, Tobago in 1974, and has rapidly increased on both islands, sporadically making its way North to Barbados where one pair mated, nested, and produced chicks in 2007.

Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Scientific name
Vanellus chilensis
Family
Plovers and Lapwings
Order
Charadriiformes

Similar species

Other members of the plovers and lapwings family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.

  • American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
  • Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
  • Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
  • Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
  • Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
  • European Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria
  • Greater Sand-Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
  • Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
  • Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
  • Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
  • Mountain Plover Anarhynchus montanus
  • Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus

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