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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة	Long-toed Lapwing	Spot-breasted Lapwing
الاسم العلمي	Vanellus crassirostris	Vanellus melanocephalus
الرتبة	Charadriiformes	Charadriiformes
الفصيلة	Charadriidae	Charadriidae
حالة الحفاظ	Least Concern	Least Concern
الطول	—	—
طول الجناح	41,9 cm (16.5 in)	46,9 cm (18.5 in)
الوزن	181,75 g (6.41 oz)	213,5 g (7.53 oz)
النظام الغذائي	--	--
عدد البيض في الوضع	1-4	4
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

🌿 Wetland 🌾 Grassland

Long-toed Lapwing only

بلا

Spot-breasted Lapwing only

بلا

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Long-toed Lapwing

Least Concern

Spot-breasted Lapwing

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About These Birds

Long-toed Lapwing

Long-toed Lapwing: 28–31 cm, striking white-and-black lapwing with an elongated hindtoe and red legs. Inhabits floating vegetation and margins of papyrus swamps and flooded grasslands across central and eastern Africa from South Sudan to Zambia. Walks on lily pads when foraging. Insectivorous. Largely sedentary.

Spot-breasted Lapwing

Spot-breasted Lapwing: 28–30 cm, Ethiopian highland endemic lapwing with a black head and breast spotted white, and red legs. Restricted to high-altitude moorland and montane grassland above 1,800 m in Ethiopia. Insectivorous. Sedentary; rare and little-studied. Declining due to overgrazing and agricultural encroachment.

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