Summary ⁶

"Large waders with a distinctive red fleshy wattle in front of each eye and black-tipped red bill. They are usually seen in pairs and have a characteristic alarm call that sounds like """"did-you-do-it"""", hence called as the did-you-do-it bird."

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Karunakar Rayker from India, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Red-wattled_Lapwing.jpg/460px-Red-wattled_Lapwing.jpg
2. (c) B Balaji from Chennai, India, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Vanellus_indicus_Chandigarh.jpg
3. (c) Arthur Chapman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3036/3013499267_f19a93b150_o.jpg
4. (c) Joby Joseph, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4695507236_32b8e4009d.jpg
5. (c) Sumeet Moghe, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5007/5217008785_1c608cc2df.jpg
6. (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26327174

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• VertNet
• Xeno-canto

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