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| Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus indicus
- Colour aberrant individual |
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| Photographer : | © Maumi Sanyal |
| Location : | Great Rann of Kutch, Kutch District, Gujarat, India |
| Date : |
23 January 2018 |
| English synonyms: | Red-wattled Plover |
| Bird Family : | Charadriinae - Plovers, Dotterels & Lapwings |
| Bird Group : | CICONIIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | With a normal coloured individual on the left.
A nice example of plumage affected by the mutation Brown, and bleached further by the (sun)light. - Hein van Grouw
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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