Andean lapwing

Andean lapwing
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Charadriidae
Genus:	Vanellus
Species:	V. resplendens
Binomial name
Vanellus resplendens (Tschudi, 1843)
Synonyms
Belonopterus resplendens (Tschudi, 1843) Charadrius resplendens Tschudi, 1843 Ptiloscelys resplendens (Tschudi, 1843)

The Andean lapwing (Vanellus resplendens) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, swamps, and pastureland.

description

It has a gray head, red ring round its eyes, red black-tipped beak, red legs and dull olive green wings.