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Spur-winged lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)

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Spur-winged lapwing eggs

© Wilfred R. Taylor / www.ardea.com
Spur-winged lapwing nest on cracked earth

© Yossi Eshbol / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Spur-winged lapwing protecting eggs

© Seyed Bagher Mousavi
Spur-winged lapwing adult shading chick and eggs on nest

© Seyed Bagher Mousavi
Spur-winged lapwing chick, with adult on the nest

© Yossi Eshbol / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Spur-winged lapwing close-up

© Seyed Bagher Mousavi
Adult spur-winged lapwing

© Neil Bowman / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Spur-winged lapwing resting on one leg

© Daryl Balfour / www.photoshot.com
Spur-winged lapwing

© Seyed Bagher Mousavi
Spur-winged lapwing, feathers ruffled

© Seyed Bagher Mousavi
Spur-winged lapwing walking at water's edge

© Ariadne Van Zandbergen / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Spur-winged lapwing on a beach

© Michael Gore / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Spur-winged lapwing foraging

© Paul Sawer / naturalvisions.co.uk
Spur-winged lapwings foraging at the shoreline

© Melvin Grey / www.photoshot.com
Spur-winged lapwing stretching wings

© Mike Wilkes / naturepl.com
Spur-winged lapwing in flight

© Paul Sawer / naturalvisions.co.uk
Spur-winged lapwing in flight

© Seyed Bagher Mousavi
Spur-winged lapwing on the nest

© Hermann Brehm / naturepl.com
Spur-winged lapwing defence posture

© Seyed Bagher Mousavi

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