17 March 2008

Red Wattled Lapwing

The Red-Wattled Lapwing is a bird commonly found around Tiruvannamalai. Probably the most uncommon and distinctive thing about it, is its amusing and easy recognisable call, which sounds like a scolding, did-he-do-it; often uttered throughout the night.


In the below photograph you can easily see another curious thing about this bird which is its white V-shape wingbar prominent only while in flight.

This bird which is a large wader is often found at the banks of reservoirs and water catchment areas, and is in great numbers around the Samudram Lake area here at Arunachala.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Know what you mean about the funny noise this bird makes. Now that I have identified their call, it seems like I hear it all the time. Very funny. Great Blog.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful pictures. Lovely.