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Long-toed Lapwing

By grrlscientist on May 31, 2008.

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Fourth in a series of non-passerine images by this photographer.

Long-toed Lapwing, also known as the Long-toed plover, Vanellus crassirostris, which is endemic to southeastern Africa.

Image: John Del Rio [larger view].

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