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African Wattled Lapwing
Lelkiewiet · Vanellus senegallus
A big, long-legged lapwing of moist grassland, brown with a streaky neck, a white forehead patch and bright yellow legs. Two fleshy yellow-and-red wattles dangle beside its bill. Like other lapwings it is loud and watchful, raising a clattering alarm and dive-bombing anything that threatens its young.
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A large brown lapwing with yellow legs, a white forehead and dangling yellow-and-red wattles at the bill base.
Listen for its call
A loud, piercing 'keep-keep-keep' alarm call given from the ground or in flight.
Where to see it in Kruger
Favours damp grassland and the grassy edges of pans, dams and rivers.
Did you know
Floppy yellow and red flaps of skin called wattles hang by its face like colourful earrings.
Often confused with
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