Pied plover

Pied plover
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Charadriidae
Genus:	Vanellus; Brisson, 1760
Species:	V. cayanus
Binomial name
	Vanellus cayanus; (Latham, 1790)
Synonyms
	Charadrius cayanus Latham, 1790; Hoploxypterus cayanus (Latham, 1790);

The pied plover (Vanellus cayanus), also known as the pied lapwing, is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family. It is a strongly marked bird with a prominent black V on its mantle.^[3]

Distribution and habitat

The pied plover is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.^[1] Its natural habitats are forest rivers, savannah ponds and the sea coast.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Template:IUCN2010.3
^ "Pied Lapwing (Vanellus cayanus)". Avibase.
^ ^a ^b Perlo, Ber van (2009). A field guide to the birds of Brazil. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195301544.

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[IUCN-1] Template:IUCN2010.3

[2] "Pied Lapwing (Vanellus cayanus)". Avibase.

[FGBB-3] Perlo, Ber van (2009). A field guide to the birds of Brazil. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195301544.

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