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Northern lapwing
| Northern lapwing | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Vanellus |
| Species: | V. vanellus
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| Binomial name | |
| Vanellus vanellus | |
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| Northern lapwing distribution. Light green: summer visitor. Dark green: resident. Blue: winter visitor. | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tewit, green plover, or (in Ireland and Great Britain) pyewipe or just lapwing, is a bird in the lapwing subfamily. It is common through temperate Eurosiberia.
- ^ BirdLife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Vanellus vanellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22693949A111044786. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22693949A111044786.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Northern Lapwing". Species Inventory. The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "Vanellus vanellus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
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