Résumé ⁴

Vanellus chilensis

Local names ⁵

Tero / tero-tero
Leque
Avefría
Alcaraván
Pellar
Queltehue
Treile / triel

English names ⁵

Southern lapwing
Chilean lapwing

General information ⁵

Common and widespread resident throughout South America, except in densely forested regions and in the higher parts of the Andes
National bird of Uruguay
Call is a very loud and harsh keek-keek-keek
Bird of lake and river banks or open grassland
Its food is mainly insects and other small invertebrates, hunted using a run-and-wait technique mainly at night, often in flocks
The nest and young are defended noisily and aggressively against all intruders (including humans) by means of threats, vocalizations and low flights
Nests on the ground

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Derek Keats, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_Lapwing_(Vanellus_chilensis)_(9610083658).jpg
2. (c) Vero Villa, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caravana_-_Vanellus_chilensis_in_flight.jpg
3. Diego quintana88, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vanellus_chilensis-Huevos.jpg
4. Adapted by Alice Roy-Bolduc from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanellus_chilensis
5. (c) Alice Roy-Bolduc, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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