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Wednesday, October 23, 2019

WINTER NORTHERN LAPWING, EVOA,LISBON REGION,PORTUGAL, 9/29/2019

   We can ID this lapwing as a Northern Lapwing as follows:
  • Black crown with long wispy crest
  • Black and white face with some chestnut tinge
  • Rear crown and nape tinged chestnut
  • White foreneck
  • Iridescent green and purple on dark upperparts
  • White underparts, except for black breast
  • Straight black bill

   The Northern Lapwing is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 948.












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