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Species profile—Vanellus miles (Charadriidae)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Charadriidae (lapwings, plovers and dotterels) → Vanellus miles (masked lapwing)

Photos

  • Photo of Vanellus miles (masked lapwing) - McDougall, A.,QPWS,2008

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Charadriidae (lapwings, plovers and dotterels)
Species
Vanellus miles (masked lapwing)
Alternate name
masked plover
spurwinged plover
Taxonomy Author
(Boddaert, 1783)
Nature Conservation Act (NCA) status
Least concern
Endemicity
Native
Other resources
Atlas of Living Australia

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 October 2014
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