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Siksak - spur-winged plover


Siksak - spur-winged plover
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Copyright: Alan Kolnik (Alan_Kolnik) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 236 W: 38 N: 342] (2608)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2019-06-26
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D610, Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM+1.4xTC
Exposure: f/8.5, 1/2000 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2019-08-11 11:10
Viewed: 158
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The spur-winged plover/lapwing has a particularly raucous cry whose call gave it its Hebrew name of siksak. It is found all over Israel and neighboring countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spur-winged_lapwing
The spur-winged lapwing or spur-winged plover (Vanellus spinosus) 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.

The spur-winged lapwing breeds around the eastern Mediterranean, and in a wide band from sub-Saharan west Africa to Arabia. The Greek and Turkish breeders are migratory, but other populations are resident. The species is declining in its northern range, but is abundant in much of tropical Africa, being seen at almost any wetland habitat in its range. The spur-winged lapwing is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 6573 W: 89 N: 15657] (65479)
  • [2019-08-11 11:22]

Hi Alan,magnificent capture of this plover-lapwing,it seems the guardian of the coast,the quality is absolutely perfect! I'm looking for the name of your butterfly,but it's very difficult because i don't know where it lives exactly,for the moment it's sure that it come from the Nymphalidae family.Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano

Ciao Alain, great capture of lovely bird in nice pose on beautiful blurry BG, wonderful colors, splendiid sharpness and fine details, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

Hi Alan,
Fantastic capture of this plover-lapwing.

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