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| Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus indicus
- Colour aberrant individual |
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| Photographer : | © Kuldeep Shukla |
| Location : | Lesser Rann of Lutch, Gujarat, India |
| Date : |
23 January 2016 |
| English synonyms: | Red-wattled Plover |
| Bird Family : | Charadriinae - Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings |
| Bird Group : | CICONIIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | Hein van Grouw comments: A beautiful example of the mutation Brown which is bleached further by the (sun) light.
Refs:
Grouw, Hein van (2006) Not every white bird is an albino: sense and nonsense about colour aberrations in birds. Dutch Birding 28: 79–89.
Grouw, Hein van (2013) What colour is that bird? The causes and recognition of common colour aberrations in birds. British Birds 106: 17-29. |
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