Queltehue
Vanellus chilensis
Résumé 4
Vanellus chilensis
Local names 5
Tero / tero-tero
Leque
Avefría
Alcaraván
Pellar
Queltehue
Treile / triel
English names 5
Southern lapwing
Chilean lapwing
General information 5
Common and widespread resident throughout South America, except in densely forested regions and in the higher parts of the Andes
National bird of Uruguay
Call is a very loud and harsh keek-keek-keek
Bird of lake and river banks or open grassland
Its food is mainly insects and other small invertebrates, hunted using a run-and-wait technique mainly at night, often in flocks
The nest and young are defended noisily and aggressively against all intruders (including humans) by means of threats, vocalizations and low flights
Nests on the ground
Fontes e Créditos
- (c) Derek Keats, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_Lapwing_(Vanellus_chilensis)_(9610083658).jpg
- (c) Vero Villa, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caravana_-_Vanellus_chilensis_in_flight.jpg
- Diego quintana88, sem restrições de direitos de autor conhecidas (domínio público), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vanellus_chilensis-Huevos.jpg
- Adaptado por Alice Roy-Bolduc de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanellus_chilensis
- (c) Alice Roy-Bolduc, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)
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