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Vanellus spinosus

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The Spur-winged lapwing

The spur-winged lapwing or spur-winged plover is a lapwing species, one of a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae. It is one of several species of wader supposed to be the "trochilus" bird said by Herodotus to have been involved in an unattested cleaning symbiosis with the Nile crocodile.

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Similar species: Shorebirds And Allies
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Uploaded Sep 26, 2011. Captured Sep 23, 2011 12:09 in HaCarmel 1-7, Rishon LeZion, Israel.
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  • NIKON D300
  • f/7.1
  • 1/1250s
  • ISO320
  • 400mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.