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Copyright: Livio Soares de Medeiros (livios) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2306 W: 324 N: 4306] (16856)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-03-16
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS USM, Hoya 77mm UV
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2007-03-17 0:43
Viewed: 855
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Exposure time: 1/640
F-Stop: f/8.0
ISO: 200
Focal length: 275mm
Flash: yes
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The Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis (in Portuguese, "quero-quero") is a large wader. It is a common and widespread resident throughout South America, other than in the jungles of the Amazon and the Andes.

This is a lapwing of open grassland which has benefited from the extension of this habitat through cattle ranching. It was first recorded on Trinidad in 1961 and Tobago in 1974, and has rapidly increased in both islands.

Southern Lapwing breeds on grassland and sometimes ploughed fields, and has an aerobatic flapping display flight. It lays 2-3 olive brown eggs in a bare ground scrape. The nest and young are defended noisily and aggressively against all intruders.

When not breeding, this bird extends into wetlands and seasonally flooded tropical grassland.

This lapwing is the only crested wader in South America. It is 31-33cm in length and weighs 295g. The upperparts are mainly brownish grey, with bronze glossing on the shoulders. The head is particularly striking, being mainly grey, but with a black forehead and throat patch extending onto the black breast. A white border separates the black of the face from the grey of the head and crest. The rest of the underparts are white, and the eyering, legs and most of the bill are pink.

In its slow flapping flight, Southern Lapwing shows a broad white wing bar separating the grey-brown of the back and wing coverts from the black flight feathers. The rump is white and the tail black.

The sexes are similar in plumage, but young birds are duller, with a shorter crest and browner face and breast. There are four geographical races of Southern Lapwing, differing mainly in the details of the black and white face pattern.

The call of this lapwing is a very loud harsh keek-keek-keek. Its food is mainly insects and other small invertebrates, hunted by a run-and-wait technique, mainly at night. This gregarious species often feeds in flocks.

(Source: http://www.treknature.com/gallery/South_America/Brazil/photo39784.htm)
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  • GLEM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 524 W: 87 N: 693] (5741)
  • [2007-03-17 2:14]

hi Livio,
belle image ensoleillée, les couleurs sont très présente. La position de l'oiseau est idéale, le moment est bien capté.
Bonne netteté.

tfs

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  • delic Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 530 W: 6 N: 340] (936)
  • [2007-03-17 4:29]

Hi Livio,
Excellent timing to catch it with that curious look. Love the color surrounding the bird. I think this is a fine example of photography in bright sunshine. Well done.
Best wishes,
Hakan

Nice pose. Nice capture.
Lot of saturated colors.
Bacground is very homogeneous, but that's where he lives.
TFS
JM

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2754 W: 147 N: 7948] (24747)
  • [2007-03-17 8:08]

Hello Livio,
Fine capture of a Southern Lapwing, a species I have seen on Trinidad, but not photographed as well as this shot.
Fine colourful composition and interesting POV in this sharp shot.
TFS and best wishes, Ivan

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2007-03-17 8:35]

Hello Livio,
Very nice capture.I liked POV,saturated colors,pose of bird and eye contact a lot.
Have a great weekend!
TFS..:-)

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  • Nilson Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 354 W: 0 N: 300] (2268)
  • [2007-03-17 18:24]

Exelente foto muito boa mesmo cores e nitidez agradavel.
Nilson

Hi Livio,
Well you certainly had his full attention while you were taking this shot. Nice colors and sharp detail in this shot. You managed the bright sunlight very well. Looks good my friend!
Scott

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  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 787 W: 31 N: 20] (5002)
  • [2007-03-18 3:11]

Hi Livio,
unusual bird, good shot and composition. I like the colours and DOF also. Well done.
Gr., Aleksander

Hi Livio,
So the bird is "checking"?
Checking to see the strange & curious creature behind the lens no doubt :)
Nice sharp detail and warm colors. Well composed, great POV & DOF.
Great shot mf.

Hi Livio,
Nice capture - Excellent colours and composition. Good POV and DOF. TFS,
Stéph

Hi Livios,
So colorful picture!
I like the frontal pose of the bird, and the way it has the leg flipped.
Got really sharp details on the plumage, with colors so vivid.
It's very good the DOF and composition builded here.
Congratulations and thanks for share it.
Best regards,
JM

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