Bird / Vanellus vanellus
Northern Lapwing
Likely to become endangered in the near future
Vagrant
The northern lapwing, also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tew-it, green plover, or pyewipe or just lapwing, is a bird in the lapwing family. It is common through temperate Eurosiberia.
- Range elevation
- 200 to 1000 m
- Average elevation
- 400 m
- Range mass
- 128 to 330 g
- Range length
- 28 to 31 cm
- Range wingspan
- 82 to 87 m
- Breeding season
- Breeding occurs from April to July.
- Average eggs per season
- 4
- Range time to hatching
- 22 to 28 days
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 1 years
- Average lifespan
Status: wild - 3.5 years
Beaman, M. 2014. "Vanellus vanellus" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Vanellus_vanellus/
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