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A Spur-Winged Lapwing (Vanellus Spinosus) The Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus is an African migratory wader species that breeds only in Cyprus and Greece in the EU. In recent years, several individuals also winter here and since 2000, Cyprus hosts a small population of resident Spur-winged Lapwings. Cyprus,Fall,Geotagged,Spur-winged lapwing,Vanellus spinosus,africa; african; animal; beach; beautiful; bird; black; brown; calling; calm; gambia; grass; lake; lapwing; natural; nature; peaceful; plover; pretty; profile; sand; sandpiper; sea; senegal; spinosus; spur; spur-winged; standing; vanellus; wader; water; west; white; wild; wildlife; wing; winged; Click/tap to enlarge

A Spur-Winged Lapwing (Vanellus Spinosus)

The Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus is an African migratory wader species that breeds only in Cyprus and Greece in the EU. In recent years, several individuals also winter here and since 2000, Cyprus hosts a small population of resident Spur-winged Lapwings.

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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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Uploaded Apr 5, 2018. Captured Dec 3, 2017 14:34 in Athenon, Larnaca, Cyprus.
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  • NIKON D7100
  • f/8.0
  • 1/2000s
  • ISO280
  • 500mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.