Taxon profile

subspecies

Northern Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles miles (Boddaert, 1783)

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Aves - birds » order Charadriiformes » family Charadriidae - plovers » genus Vanellus » species Vanellus miles - Masked Lapwing

Scientific synonyms

Tringa miles Boddaert, 1783
Charadrius callaeas Wagler, 1827
Lobibyx miles harterti Mathews, 1912
Parra ludoviciana Gmelin, 1789
Lobivanellus personatus Gould, 1842
Lobivanellus minor Cotton, 1848 (nomen nudum) ^nud.

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Distribution

Coastal New Guinea, Aru Is., N Australia >> SE Wallacea

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Links and literature

Australian Faunal Directory [6a594fe1-2e71-4a89-a7d2-20d05848d885]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Vanellus miles miles (Boddaert, 1783)]
Data retrieved on: 8 February 2015

Gill F., Donsker D. & Rasmussen P. (eds): IOC World Bird List 11.1 [http://www.worldbirdnames.org/] [as Vanellus miles miles (Boddaert, 1783)]
Data retrieved on: 22 April 2021

Clements, J. F.: eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world 6.7, Cornell Lab of Ornithology [as Vanellus miles miles]
Data retrieved on: 7 April 2013

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